Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apertural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: aper-tu-ral
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to an aperture.

Example Sentences

"Pollen grains with 30 lacunae occur in the majority of the species examined, and show three apertural, six abapertural, twelve parapertural, six interapertural and three equatorial lacunae."

Etymology

From aperture + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: aperture

Derived Forms

abapertural

Questions

What does apertural mean?: Relating to an aperture.
Where does apertural come from?: From aperture + -al.

How to pronounce apertural

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