Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: sub-u-late
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Awl-shaped; tapering into a sharp point from a broader base.

Etymology

From Latin sūbulātus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sūbulātus

Inflected Forms

more subulate (comparative) most subulate (superlative)

Derived Forms

conicosubulate obsubulate subsubulate subulated subulately

Questions

What does subulate mean?: Awl-shaped; tapering into a sharp point from a broader base.
Where does subulate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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