Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

articloid

/ɑɹtɪklɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: art-ic-loid
IPA: /ɑɹtɪklɔɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

markers of linguistic definiteness that have not become grammaticalized, or incorporated into the grammar of the language

Example Sentences

"The more important dimension is regularity in article usage before the articloid stage can be considered to be overcome effectively."
"Think of the floating use of the definite article, which appears early in Latin texts in the shape of ‘articloid’, but which is missing, for instance, in the Strasbourg Oaths"
"The main difference between them is that definite articles and definite articloids perform only the function of informing that the referent is already accessible in the CDS, whereas demonstratives also provide a crucial piece of information to ensure this accessibility."

Etymology

Coined by the French linguist Paul Aebischer in 1948.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɑɹtɪklɔɪd/
British English: /ɑːtɪklɔɪd/

Inflected Forms

articloids (plural)

Rhymes With

boyed trajectoid gloid

Questions

How do you pronounce articloid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɑɹtɪklɔɪd/.
What does articloid mean?: markers of linguistic definiteness that have not become grammaticalized, or incorporated into the grammar of the language
Where does articloid come from?: Coined by the French linguist Paul Aebischer in 1948.

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