Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multinucleate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: mult-i-n-u-cle-ate
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having more than one nucleus; multinuclear

noun

A multinucleated cell

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English nucleate English multinucleate From multi- + nucleate.

Inflected Forms

multinucleates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

syncytial

Synonyms

multinuclear polynuclear polynucleate

Questions

What does multinucleate mean?: having more than one nucleus; multinuclear
Where does multinucleate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English nucleate English multinucleate From multi- + nucleate.

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