Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncoat

/ənkˈoʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-coat
IPA
/ənkˈoʊt/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

(of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm

Intransitive verb

verb

To remove the viral capsid of a virus, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From un- + coat.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

uncoats (present, singular) uncoating (participle, present) uncoated (participle, past) uncoated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce uncoat?
The recorded pronunciation is /ənkˈoʊt/.
What does uncoat mean?
(of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm
Where does uncoat come from?
From un- + coat.

How to pronounce uncoat

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