Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unvocal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-vo-cal
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not vocal.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal English unvocal From un- + vocal.

Inflected Forms

more unvocal (comparative) most unvocal (superlative)

Questions

What does unvocal mean?: Not vocal.
Where does unvocal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal English unvocal From un- + vocal.

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