Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyalescence

/ˌhaɪ.əˈlɛs.əns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hyales-cence
IPA: /ˌhaɪ.əˈlɛs.əns/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I cannot now say whether the anemia of that background figure, its apparitional hyalescence, as it were, belongs to the faded memory or to the remembered object itself."

Etymology

From hyaline + -escence.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hyaline

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce hyalescence?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhaɪ.əˈlɛs.əns/.
What does hyalescence mean?: The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
Where does hyalescence come from?: From hyaline + -escence.

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