Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cucumiform

/kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cu-cumi-form
IPA: /kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.

Example Sentences

"Cucumiform (Cucumiformis). Cucumber-shaped. Whose longitudinal section is oblong, and transverse circular."
"She was there, tumbling the marvelous cucumiform weights down upon a chest which looked as though it would cave in under such manna."
"Uncharacteristically for him, Lord Vetinari laughed out loud. He very nearly gloated at the downfall of his enemy and slammed his copy of the Ankh-Morpork Times, open at the crossword page, on to his desk. ‘Cucumiform, shaped like a cucumber or a variety of squash! l thumb my nose at you, madam!’"

Etymology

First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892; formed by the suffixation of cucumi-, the short i-stem of the Latin cucumis (“cucumber”), with the English -form; compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703), cucumiformis (1791) and French cucumeriforme (1777), cucumiforme (1804).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/

Inflected Forms

more cucumiform (comparative) most cucumiform (superlative) cucumeriform (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cucumber

Questions

How do you pronounce cucumiform?: The recorded pronunciation is /kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/.
What does cucumiform mean?: Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
Where does cucumiform come from?: First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892; formed by the suffixation of cucumi-, the short i-stem of the Latin cucumis (“cucumber”), with the English -form; compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703), cucumiformis (1791) and French cucumeriforme (1777), cucumiforme (1804).

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