pre-jurassic

1. 1.

   of or relating to or denoting the time before the Jurassic period

Questions about pre-jurassic

What does pre-jurassic mean?

pre-jurassic means "of or relating to or denoting the time before the Jurassic period".

How many syllables are in pre-jurassic?

pre-jurassic has 4 syllables and divides as pre--ju-ras-sic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pre-jurassic a common word?

pre-jurassic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.