Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

canicular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: canic-u-lar
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of Sothic: of or related to the star Sirius.

Dated

adj

Of or related to the dog days of summer.

Archaic

adj

Relating to dogs; canine.

Colloquial; Humorous

Etymology

From Latin canīculāris (“of or related to a puppy; Sothic”), from Canīcula (“puppy; Sirius”) + -aris (“forming adjectives”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: canīculāris

Usage

Inflected Forms

more canicular (comparative) most canicular (superlative)

Phrases

canicular cycle canicular days canicular period

Synonyms

Sothic

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

What does canicular mean?: Synonym of Sothic: of or related to the star Sirius.
Where does canicular come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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