Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

columnar

/kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: colum-nar
IPA: /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the shape of a column.

adj

Constructed with columns.

adj

Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).

Example Sentences

"where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked"

Etymology

From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *kelH-, columnāris

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/

Derived Forms

bicolumnar circumcolumnar columnarity columnarize columnarly extracolumnar intercolumnar intracolumnar microcolumnar multicolumnar nanocolumnar noncolumnar

Phrases

half columnar stratified columnar epithelium

Frequently Paired Words

cuboidal

Synonyms

columniform columnlike

Questions

How do you pronounce columnar?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/.
What does columnar mean?: Having the shape of a column.
Where does columnar come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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