Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bladelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blade-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a blade

Example Sentences

"He had cuts on his fingers from handling the bladelike fighting string."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bladelike From blade + -like.

Inflected Forms

more bladelike (comparative) most bladelike (superlative)

Synonyms

ensiform sword-shaped swordlike

Questions

What does bladelike mean?: Resembling a blade
Where does bladelike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bladelike From blade + -like.

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