Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photosynthetic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-syn-thet-ic
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English synthetic English photosynthetic From photo- + synthetic.

Inflected Forms

more photosynthetic (comparative) most photosynthetic (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonphotosynthetic photosynthetically

Questions

What does photosynthetic mean?
Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.
Where does photosynthetic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English synthetic English photosynthetic From photo- + synthetic.

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