Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biocentre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bio-cen-tre
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of institutions, often attached to a university, that are centres for biotechnology research and development

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English centre English biocentre From bio- + centre.

Inflected Forms

biocentres (plural) biocenter (alternative)

Questions

What does biocentre mean?: Any of a number of institutions, often attached to a university, that are centres for biotechnology research and development
Where does biocentre come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English centre English biocentre From bio- + centre.

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