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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-nate
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a feather-like shape

noun

A penniform muscle

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin pennātus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pennates (plural)

Derived Forms

bipennate multipennate pennated quadripennate subpennate tripennate unipennate

Questions

What does pennate mean?
Having a feather-like shape
Where does pennate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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