Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tectiform

/ˈtɛk.tə.fɔɹm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tec-ti-form
IPA: /ˈtɛk.tə.fɔɹm/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge.

noun

A type of cave painting or engraving, having in its simplest form the shape of an upward-pointing wedge or arrow, thought to represent the roof of a tent or rudimentary building.

Example Sentences

"1924, American Anthropologist, Volume 26, New Series, page 48, The tectiforms reproduce in a remarkable manner the simple shelters, tents, and huts in use today among primitive and nomadic races in various parts of the world."
"Because of their composition and the coexistence in them of meanders and tectiforms they differ from chimpanzee drawings, which are in many other ways a comparable phenomenon."
"Inclusion of both ideomorphs and tectiforms as proto-art, and adaptation of the images to the natural textures of the rock surfaces as proto-cinema, suggests that the need to animate and annotate go beyond mere literal representation."

Etymology

From New Latin tēctiformis (“roof-shaped”), from tēctum (“roof”) + -ifōrmis.

Word Breakdown

Root: tēctiformis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɛk.tə.fɔɹm/
British English: /ˈtɛk.tɪ.fɔːm/

Inflected Forms

more tectiform (comparative) most tectiform (superlative) tectiforms (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tectiform?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛk.tə.fɔɹm/.
What does tectiform mean?: Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge.
Where does tectiform come from?: From New Latin tēctiformis (“roof-shaped”), from tēctum (“roof”) + -ifōrmis.

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