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Is etic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word etic is a Scrabble US word. The word etic is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

E1T1I1C3

Is etic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word etic is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

E1T1I1C3

Is etic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word etic is a Words With Friends word. The word etic is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1T1I1C4

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4-letter words (3 found)

CITE,ETIC,TICE,

3-letter words (5 found)

CIT,ICE,TEC,TIC,TIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

ET,IT,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from etic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of etic

etic

English

Etymology

Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonetic.

  • Kenneth Lee Pike (1962) With Heart and Mind: A Personal Synthesis of Scholarship and Devotion, page 37: “I have coined the term etic to refer to the detached observer’s view […]”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛtɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
  • Hyphenation: e‧tic

Adjective

etic (comparative more etic, superlative most etic)

  1. (social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.

Coordinate terms

  • emic

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • CETI, EITC, Tice, cite, tice

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /etiːk/

Adjective

etic

  1. heavy

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan. Cognate with Hopi putu (“heavy”) and O'odham we:c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /etiːk/

Adjective

etic

  1. heavy

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 208.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 10.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 210.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éthique, from Latin ethicus.

Adjective

etic m or n (feminine singular etică, masculine plural etici, feminine and neuter plural etice)

  1. ethic

Declension


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