Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cingulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: cin-gu-late
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a cingulum.

noun

Any mammal of the order Cingulata, an armadillo.

Example Sentences

"In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cingulum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English cingulate From cingulum + -ate.

Inflected Forms

cingulates (plural)

Derived Forms

frontocingulate midcingulate paracingulate thalamocingulate

Phrases

cingulate cortex cingulate gyrus cingulate sulcus

Synonyms

cingular cingulated

Questions

What does cingulate mean?: Pertaining to a cingulum.
Where does cingulate come from?: Etymology tree English cingulum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English cingulate From cingulum + -ate.

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