Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chordate

/ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: chor-date
IPA: /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.

adj

Of such animals.

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Chordata.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
British English: /ˈkɔːdeɪt/

Inflected Forms

chordates (plural)

Derived Forms

achordate nonchordate prechordate protochordate

Homonyms

caudate cordate caudate (non-rhotic)

Questions

How do you pronounce chordate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/.
What does chordate mean?: A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
Where does chordate come from?: Borrowed from Translingual Chordata.

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