Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiraculum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spirac-u-lum
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spiracle.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spirō Latin -culum Latin spīrāculumbor. English spiraculum Borrowed from Latin spīrāculum.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does spiraculum mean?
A spiracle.
Where does spiraculum come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spirō Latin -culum Latin spīrāculumbor. English spiraculum Borrowed from Latin spīrāculum.

How to pronounce spiraculum

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