Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sporulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: sporu-late
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce spores.

Intransitive verb

verb

To convert into spores.

Transitive verb

adj

That produces spores

Example Sentences

"She was also their science teacher and had taught them about slime molds in biology class, about how the singular organisms came together to form a multicellular body in order to sporulate and reproduce, before breaking apart again."
"A part of the protoplasm is not sporulated but forms a capillitium."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sporule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sporulate From sporule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sporulates (present, singular) sporulating (participle, present) sporulated (participle, past) sporulated (past)

Derived Forms

asporulated endosporulate resporulate unsporulated auxosporulate

Frequently Paired Words

sporulation

Questions

What does sporulate mean?: To produce spores.
Where does sporulate come from?: Etymology tree English sporule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sporulate From sporule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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