Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

madrepore

/ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: madrepore
IPA: /ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.

noun

Any stony coral.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The beauty of the madrepores and corallines, of which the finest specimens are found in the recesses of the Bay of Tappanuli, is not to be surpassed in any country."
"The rocks of Gonye are reddish gray sandstone, nearly horizontal, and perforated by madrepores, the holes showing the course of the insect in different directions."
"This bay is approached from the choir by the first marble step which is in Frosterley, a marble with beautiful madrepores of light colour on a dark ground."

Etymology

From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: madrepore, madrepora, mater, porus

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

madrepores (plural)

Derived Forms

madreporic madreporiform madreporite

Synonyms

stony coral madriporian coral

Questions

How do you pronounce madrepore?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/.
What does madrepore mean?: A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.
Where does madrepore come from?: It is traced to French.

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