Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truncated

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: trun-cat-ed
IPA: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).

adj

Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.

adj

shortened either by means of clipping or blending.

verb

simple past and past participle of truncate

Inflected Forms

more truncated (comparative) most truncated (superlative)

Derived Forms

antitruncated bitruncated nontruncated truncatedness untruncated

Phrases

truncated cube truncated cuboctahedron truncated dodecahedron truncated domes truncated icosahedron truncated icosidodecahedron truncated octahedron truncated tetrahedron

Synonyms

truncate abbreviated shortened

Rhymes With

related created located stated estimated updated rated dated waited hated translated frustrated

Questions

How do you pronounce truncated?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/.
What does truncated mean?: Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).

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