Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-form
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.

Example Sentences

"Then by careful comparison they constructed a genealogy, finally deriving the outline of the ur-form, from which all other variants stemmed."
"Thus he finally was able to present some suppositions about a folktale's origins: the time and place, as well as the urform (basic or original form)."
"This Ur-form brings together the 'oriental' stasis of a non-Western drone, in the form of various pedal-points ... It maybe too much to argue that the Ur-form, as a hidden version of the oriental, is Djamileh's equivalent to Namouna's ironic […]"

Etymology

From ur- (“original”) + form.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ur

Inflected Forms

urforms (plural) ur-form (alternative)

Synonyms

protoform

Questions

What does urform mean?: The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.
Where does urform come from?: From ur- (“original”) + form.

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