Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tridentate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: tri-den-tate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having three teeth

adj

Having tooth-like projections that are themselves bidentate.

adj

Capable of attaching to a metal ion at three points

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English dentate English tridentate From tri- + dentate.

Questions

What does tridentate mean?: Having three teeth
Where does tridentate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English dentate English tridentate From tri- + dentate.

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