Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tentacular

/tɛnˈtækjuːlə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: ten-tac-u-lar
IPA: /tɛnˈtækjuːlə(ɹ)/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to, tentacles.

adj

Resembling a tentacle or tentacles.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin tentō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom Latin -culum Latin tentāculum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin tentāculārisbor. English tentacular Borrowed from Latin tentāculāris. By surface analysis, tentacle + -ar.

Inflected Forms

more tentacular (comparative) most tentacular (superlative)

Derived Forms

extratentacular intertentacular intratentacular juxtatentacular multitentacular subtentacular unitentacular

Questions

How do you pronounce tentacular?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɛnˈtækjuːlə(ɹ)/.
What does tentacular mean?: Of, or pertaining to, tentacles.
Where does tentacular come from?: Etymology tree Latin tentō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom Latin -culum Latin tentāculum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin tentāculārisbor. English tentacular Borrowed from Latin tentāculāris. By surface analysis, tentacle + -ar.

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