Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fissile

/ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: fis-sile
IPA: /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be split.

adj

Easily split along a grain.

adj

Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

Example Sentences

"This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion."
"North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fissilis.

Inflected Forms

more fissile (comparative) most fissile (superlative)

Derived Forms

fissban fissileness fissility nonfissile subfissile unfissile

Synonyms

fissionable

Rhymes With

missile whistle dismissal thistle epistle bristle bissell missal entwistle gristle kissel antimissile

Questions

How do you pronounce fissile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/.
What does fissile mean?: Able to be split.
Where does fissile come from?: Borrowed from Latin fissilis.

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