Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seta

/ˈsiːtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: se-ta
IPA: /ˈsiːtə/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bristle or hair.

noun

The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.

Example Sentences

"The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae."
"The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]"

Etymology

From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: seta

Inflected Forms

setas (plural) setae (plural) setæ (plural)

Derived Forms

macroseta microseta neuroseta setal setation setiferous setigerous

Homonyms

seater sita

Questions

How do you pronounce seta?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiːtə/.
What does seta mean?: A bristle or hair.
Where does seta come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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