Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bifidate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-fi-date
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bifid, divided into two main parts.

Example Sentences

"It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are generally rarer than bifidate ones."

Etymology

First attested in 1847; borrowed from Latin bifidātus, from bifidus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, bifid + -ate.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1847

Questions

What does bifidate mean?: Bifid, divided into two main parts.
Where does bifidate come from?: First known use: First attested in 1847.

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