Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threadlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: thread-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of a thread.

adj

Resembling a thread in length or thinness.

Etymology

Etymology tree English thread Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English threadlike From thread + -like.

Inflected Forms

more threadlike (comparative) most threadlike (superlative) thread-like (alternative)

Synonyms

filamentous filiform filamentlike thready

Questions

What does threadlike mean?: Having the form of a thread.
Where does threadlike come from?: Etymology tree English thread Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English threadlike From thread + -like.

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