Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uric

/ˈjʊɹɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: uric
IPA: /ˈjʊɹɪk/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.

Etymology

Borrowed from French urique. By surface analysis, urine + -ic.

Derived Forms

calciuric fulminuric glycoluric hippuric lysinuric mercapturic pyrouric uricase uricemia uricogenesis uricolysis

Phrases

isouric acid toluric acid uric acid

Rhymes With

urich tworek perich

Questions

How do you pronounce uric?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjʊɹɪk/.
What does uric mean?: Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.
Where does uric come from?: Borrowed from French urique. By surface analysis, urine + -ic.

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