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conferva

/kənˈfɜːvə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-fer-va
IPA
/kənˈfɜːvə/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /kənˈfɜːvə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

confervas (plural) confervae (plural) confervæ (obsolete, plural)

Derived Forms

confervoid confervous

Questions

How do you pronounce conferva?
The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈfɜːvə/.
What does conferva mean?
Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
Where does conferva come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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