Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prokaryotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: prokary-ot-ic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.

adj

Of cells, lacking a nucleus.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pro- English karyon English -ote English prokaryote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prokaryotic From prokaryote + -ic.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Biology.

Derived Forms

nonprokaryotic picoprokaryotic prokaryotically

Frequently Paired Words

prokaryote

Synonyms

bacterial procaryotic

Antonyms

eukaryotic

Questions

What does prokaryotic mean?: Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
Where does prokaryotic come from?: Etymology tree English pro- English karyon English -ote English prokaryote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prokaryotic From prokaryote + -ic.

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