Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chorda tympani

/ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: chor-da -tym-pa-ni
IPA: /ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of the facial nerve that traverses the middle ear cavity and the infratemporal fossa and supplies autonomic fibers to the sublingual and submandibular glands and sensory fibers to the anterior part of the tongue.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin chorda tympanī (“cord of the tympanum”).

Word Breakdown

Root: chorda tympanī

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/

Inflected Forms

chordae tympanorum (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce chorda tympani?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/.
What does chorda tympani mean?: A branch of the facial nerve that traverses the middle ear cavity and the infratemporal fossa and supplies autonomic fibers to the sublingual and submandibular glands and sensory fibers to the anterior part of the tongue.
Where does chorda tympani come from?: Borrowed from New Latin chorda tympanī (“cord of the tympanum”).

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