Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phycomycetous

/ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)mʌɪˈsiːtəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phy-comyce-tous
IPA: /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)mʌɪˈsiːtəs/

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete.

Example Sentences

"[T]he 'Starmen were phycomycetous mentally, but morphologically they could not be distinguished from Terrans."

Etymology

From Phycomycetes (class name) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ous

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)mʌɪˈsiːtəs/

Inflected Forms

more phycomycetous (comparative) most phycomycetous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce phycomycetous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)mʌɪˈsiːtəs/.
What does phycomycetous mean?: Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete.
Where does phycomycetous come from?: From Phycomycetes (class name) + -ous.

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