Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sporulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: sporu-la-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of a bacterium becoming a spore.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English sporule Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sporulation From sporule + -ation.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sporulations (plural)

Derived Forms

asporulation autosporulation endosporulation exosporulation hypersporulation midsporulation monosporulation nonsporulation presporulation resporulation zoosporulation

Frequently Paired Words

sporulate

Synonyms

monogenesis

Questions

What does sporulation mean?: The process of a bacterium becoming a spore.
Where does sporulation come from?: Etymology tree English sporule Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sporulation From sporule + -ation.

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