Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trinucleotide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: trin-u-cleotide
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a codon containing three nucleotides

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English -ide English nucleotide English trinucleotide From tri- + nucleotide.

Inflected Forms

trinucleotides (plural)

Phrases

nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide trinucleotide repeat disorder

Frequently Paired Words

trinucleotidic

Questions

What does trinucleotide mean?: a codon containing three nucleotides
Where does trinucleotide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English -ide English nucleotide English trinucleotide From tri- + nucleotide.

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