Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trifidate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-fi-date
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bifid, divided into two main parts.

Example Sentences

"It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are generally rarer than bifidate ones."

Etymology

From Latin trifidus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, trifid + -ate.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: trifidus

Questions

What does trifidate mean?: Bifid, divided into two main parts.
Where does trifidate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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