Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

helicine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: he-licine
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, related to, or being a helix.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: spiral"
"The children's slide had a spirally helicine shape I had never seen before."

Etymology

By surface analysis, helic- + -ine, or, by surface analysis, helix + -ine.

Synonyms

helical spiral

Questions

What does helicine mean?: Of, related to, or being a helix.
Where does helicine come from?: By surface analysis, helic- + -ine, or, by surface analysis, helix + -ine.

How to pronounce helicine

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