Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apicodental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: api-co-den-tal
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.

noun

A apicodental sound.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apico- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin dentālisder. Middle French dentalbor. ▲ Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental English apicodental From apico- + dental.

Inflected Forms

apicodentals (plural)

Rhymes With

mental environmental experimental gentle dental rental continental instrumental non-governmental accidental developmental oriental

Questions

What does apicodental mean?: Made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.
Where does apicodental come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apico- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin dentālisder. Middle French dentalbor. ▲ Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental English apicodental From apico- + dental.

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