Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxonomic

/ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: tax-o-nom-ic
IPA: /ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to taxonomy.

Example Sentences

"With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"

Etymology

From taxonomy + -ic, after French taxonomique.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: taxonomique
Suffix: taxonomy

Derived Forms

ataxonomic biotaxonomic chemotaxonomic cybertaxonomic cytotaxonomic ethnotaxonomic ichnotaxonomic macrotaxonomic metataxonomic microtaxonomic morphotaxonomic multitaxonomic

Phrases

hypothetical taxonomic unit operational taxonomic unit taxonomic inflation taxonomic name taxonomic synonym taxonomic system

Synonyms

taxonomical systematic

Questions

How do you pronounce taxonomic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/.
What does taxonomic mean?: Of or relating to taxonomy.
Where does taxonomic come from?: It is traced to French.

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