How do you pronounce petalous?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛtələs/.

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petalous

/ˈpɛtələs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pet-der. Proto-Hellenic *pétalos Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon)lbor. English petal Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English petalous From petal + -ous.

more petalous (comparative) most petalous (superlative)

anisopetalous antepetalous apetalous apopetalous bipetalous catapetalous dipetalous heptapetalous hexapetalous intrapetalous macropetalous micropetalous

petaled petalled

petalless

How do you pronounce petalous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛtələs/.
What does petalous mean?: Having petals.
Where does petalous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pet-der. Proto-Hellenic *pétalos Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon)lbor. English petal Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English petalous From petal + -ous.

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