Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perizonium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-zo-ni-um
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin membrane surrounding the auxospore of a diatom.

Etymology

From peri- (“around”) + Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle”) + -ium (“structure”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri-
Root: ζώνη
Suffix: -ium

Inflected Forms

perizonia (plural)

Derived Forms

perizonial

Questions

What does perizonium mean?: A thin membrane surrounding the auxospore of a diatom.
Where does perizonium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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