Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trabecula

/trəˈbɛkjʊlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tra-bec-u-la
IPA: /trəˈbɛkjʊlə/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small supporting beam.

noun

A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.

noun

A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.

noun

Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.

noun

One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.

noun

A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der. Proto-Italic *trabs Latin trabs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin trabēculalbor. English trabecula Learned borrowing from Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).

Inflected Forms

trabeculae (plural) trabeculas (plural)

Derived Forms

microtrabecula trabecular trabeculate trabeculation trabeculectomy trabeculitis trabeculoplasty trabeculotomy

Frequently Paired Words

trabeated stroma

Rhymes With

specula fecula vallecula

Questions

How do you pronounce trabecula?: The recorded pronunciation is /trəˈbɛkjʊlə/.
What does trabecula mean?: A small supporting beam.
Where does trabecula come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der. Proto-Italic *trabs Latin trabs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin trabēculalbor. English trabecula Learned borrowing from Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).

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