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crenate

/ˈkɹiː.neɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
cre-nate
IPA
/ˈkɹiː.neɪt/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.

noun

Any salt or ester of crenic acid

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēnātus, merged with a Latinization of Middle French crené, past participle of crener (“to mark with a notch”), derivative of cren, cran (“notch”), of Celtic origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more crenate (comparative) most crenate (superlative) crenates (plural)

Derived Forms

apocrenate bicrenate crenulate noncrenate subcrenate

Phrases

double crenate crenic acid

Frequently Paired Words

crenic crenic acid Hippocrene

Synonyms

crenated scalloped

Questions

How do you pronounce crenate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹiː.neɪt/.
What does crenate mean?
Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.
Where does crenate come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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