averbal

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ verbal.

Adjective

averbal (not comparable)

  1. Not verbal; without words and speech.
    • 1978, Marvin D. Loflin, James Silverberg, Discourse and Inference in Cognitive Anthropology, page 266:
      It is not yet clear how these birds were able to “count” and to form averbal concepts of numbers without the help of characterizing words.

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ verbal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

averbal (feminine averbale, masculine plural averbaux, feminine plural averbales)

  1. averbal

Further reading

German

Etymology

a- +‎ verbal

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

averbal (strong nominative masculine singular averbaler, not comparable)

  1. averbal

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