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plantigrade

/ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
plan-ti-grade
IPA
/ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

noun

A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

Etymology

From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/
  • British English: /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/

Inflected Forms

plantigrades (plural)

Derived Forms

nonplantigrade plantigradism plantigrady semiplantigrade subplantigrade

Frequently Paired Words

digitigrade unguligrade

Synonyms

plantigrade mammal

Questions

How do you pronounce plantigrade?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/.
What does plantigrade mean?
Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Where does plantigrade come from?
It is traced to French.

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