Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

globothalamean

/ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: globoth-a-la-mean
IPA: /ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in relation to their globular chambers which characterize their shells.

noun

Any foraminifer of the class Globothalamea, differentiated by their globular shell chambers.

Example Sentences

"globothalamean foraminifera"
"Globothalamean foraminifera (Pawlowski et al., 2013) colonized nearly all marine paleoenvironments, including benthic and planktonic habitats."
"Globothalameans possess globular chambers and minimal distances between successive apertures; tubothalameans possess tubular chambers and maximal distances between apertures; lagenids, like Tubothalamea, are characterised by maximal distances between apertures (related with terminal chamber formation), but their chambers are rather globular."
"In both tubothalameans and globothalameans, the chambers more or less coil around the proloculus to form a spiral."

Etymology

From translingual Globothalamea + -an, further from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”) + Ancient Greek θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos, “inner room, chamber”) + translingual -ea (abstract-noun suffix).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Globothalamea, globus
Suffix: -an, θᾰ́λᾰμος

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/

Inflected Forms

more globothalamean (comparative) most globothalamean (superlative) globothalameans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Globothalamea

Rhymes With

mallarméan littréan

Questions

How do you pronounce globothalamean?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/.
What does globothalamean mean?: Relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in relation to their globular chambers which characterize their shells.
Where does globothalamean come from?: From translingual Globothalamea + -an, further from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”) + Ancient Greek θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos, “inner room, chamber”) + translingual -ea (abstract-noun suffix).

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