Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

four-legged

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: four--legged
IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having four legs.

noun

An animal that has four legs.

noun

An intersection where two roads cross.

Example Sentences

"The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds."
"We were talking about how Catolicos seemed to not see the one-leggeds and four-leggeds as sacred."
"It was a serious race, for the two-leggeds—human beings and birds—were racing the four-leggeds to determine which should feed the others."
"With respect to hazard rating, an opposite and possibly inconsistent explanation might be offered: It may be that drivers underestimate roadside hazards at three-leggeds and relatively speaking overestimate them at four-leggeds."

Etymology

From four + legged.

Inflected Forms

fourlegged (alternative) four-leggeds (plural)

Phrases

four-legged friend three-legged two-footed two-legged

Frequently Paired Words

bipedal decapodal octopodous three-legged two-footed two-legged

Synonyms

quadruped tetrapod

Questions

How do you pronounce four-legged?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/.
What does four-legged mean?: Having four legs.
Where does four-legged come from?: From four + legged.

How to pronounce four-legged

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