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spina

/ˈspaɪ.nə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
spina
IPA
/ˈspaɪ.nə/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spine; the backbone.

noun

One of the quills of a spinet.

noun

A barrier dividing the Ancient Roman hippodrome longitudinally.

name

A port city on the Po, originally Etruscan.

noun

A class of biocybernetic methods used in endocrinology for diagnostics and clinical research.

Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīna (“a thorn; a prickle, spine”). Doublet of spine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spinae (plural)

Phrases

spina bifida spina externa spina interna SPINA-DI SPINA-GBeta SPINA-GD SPINA-GR SPINA-GT

Frequently Paired Words

spina bifida spina externa spina interna

Rhymes With

arena argentina nina marina christina tina serena lena regina katrina gina angelina

Questions

How do you pronounce spina?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspaɪ.nə/.
What does spina mean?
A spine; the backbone.
Where does spina come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīna (“a thorn; a prickle, spine”). Doublet of spine.

How to pronounce spina

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