Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reticular

/ɹəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: retic-u-lar
IPA: /ɹəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the structure of a net or a network; netlike.

adj

Of or pertaining to a reticulum.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rēticulāris, from Latin rēticulum (“little net”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rēticulum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹəˈtɪkjəlɚ/
British English: /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlə/

Inflected Forms

more reticular (comparative) most reticular (superlative)

Derived Forms

antireticular corticoreticular endoreticular fibroreticular isoreticular lymphoreticular macroreticular reticularly spinoreticular trigeminoreticular tubuloreticular

Phrases

reticular formation

Frequently Paired Words

reticuloid

Synonyms

reticulate

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular vesicular

Questions

How do you pronounce reticular?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈtɪkjəlɚ/.
What does reticular mean?: Having the structure of a net or a network; netlike.
Where does reticular come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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