Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyte

/sʌɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cyte
IPA: /sʌɪt/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”).

noun

Obsolete form of city.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The low form elements devoid of a nucleus were in 1866 by Hæckel (Generelle Morphologie der Organismen 1866, vol. 1, p. 270) called cytodes (cell like) to distinguish them from cytes or cells."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos, “hollow”, “vessel”); compare -cyte.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κῠ́τος

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /saɪt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cytes (plural)

Synonyms

cell

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce cyte?: The recorded pronunciation is /sʌɪt/.
What does cyte mean?: Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”).
Where does cyte come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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