agglutinant
/əˈɡluːtɪnʌnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any viscous substance which causes agglutination
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Latin agglūtinātuslbor. English agglutinate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English agglutinant From agglutinate + -ant.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈɡluːtɪnʌnt/