Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infundibuliform

/ˌɪn.fʌnˈdɪb.jə.lɪˌfɔɹm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-fundibu-li-form
IPA: /ˌɪn.fʌnˈdɪb.jə.lɪˌfɔɹm/

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having the shape of a funnel or cone.

Example Sentences

"... had it not been for that patriotic Texan with his infundibuliform jowls and his lumpy, rumpleheaded, indestructible smile cracked forever across the front of his face like the brim of a black ten-gallon hat."
"This is a monopetalous, infundibuliform, white flower, of the tuberofe kind."

Etymology

From Latin īnfundibulum (“funnel”) + -form.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: īnfundibulum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɪn.fʌnˈdɪb.jə.lɪˌfɔɹm/
British English: /ˌɪn.fʌnˈdɪb.jʊ.lɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Inflected Forms

more infundibuliform (comparative) most infundibuliform (superlative)

Derived Forms

infundibuliformity infundibuliformly

Synonyms

infundibular

Questions

How do you pronounce infundibuliform?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪn.fʌnˈdɪb.jə.lɪˌfɔɹm/.
What does infundibuliform mean?: having the shape of a funnel or cone.
Where does infundibuliform come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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