Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

voltinism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vol-tin-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the combining form -voltine (as in bivoltine) + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ism

Usage

Inflected Forms

voltinisms (plural)

Derived Forms

multivoltinism

Frequently Paired Words

bivoltine divoltine hemivoltine merovoltine monovoltine multivoltine partivoltine polyvoltine

Questions

What does voltinism mean?: The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.
Where does voltinism come from?: From the combining form -voltine (as in bivoltine) + -ism.

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