Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graptolite

/ˈɡɹaptəlʌɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: grap-to-lite
IPA: /ˈɡɹaptəlʌɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.

Example Sentences

"The samples were black shale, and on the shales were some ancient fossils called graptolites."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek γραπτός (graptós) English -lite English graptolite From Ancient Greek γραπτός (graptós, “painted, marked with letters”) + English -lite.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɡɹaptəlʌɪt/

Inflected Forms

graptolites (plural)

Derived Forms

graptolitic

Frequently Paired Words

sicula prosicula rhabdosome

Questions

How do you pronounce graptolite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹaptəlʌɪt/.
What does graptolite mean?: Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
Where does graptolite come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek γραπτός (graptós) English -lite English graptolite From Ancient Greek γραπτός (graptós, “painted, marked with letters”) + English -lite.

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