Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stridulate

/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stridu-late
IPA: /ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"A window was open, and the crickets were stridulating at an ominous speed in the black motionless foliage."
"The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note."

Etymology

Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”))

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: strīdulus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

stridulates (present, singular) stridulating (participle, present) stridulated (participle, past) stridulated (past)

Derived Forms

stridulator

Frequently Paired Words

stridulation stridulous

Synonyms

chirp chirr clitter

Questions

How do you pronounce stridulate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/.
What does stridulate mean?: To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
Where does stridulate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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