Speakur

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tuberculate

/tuˈbɝkjəlɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
tu-ber-cu-late
IPA
/tuˈbɝkjəlɪt/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having tubercles.

adj

Having tuberculosis.

Etymology

From Latin tūberculātus. By surface analysis, tubercul(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French tuberculé.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tūberculātus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /tuˈbɝkjəlɪt/
  • British English: /tjuˈbɜːkjəlɪt/

Inflected Forms

more tuberculate (comparative) most tuberculate (superlative)

Derived Forms

tuberculately

Frequently Paired Words

anastomotuberculate bituberculate compactituberculate dispersituberculate lineartuberculate monotuberculate multituberculate nontuberculate

Synonyms

tubercular tuberculous

Questions

How do you pronounce tuberculate?
The recorded pronunciation is /tuˈbɝkjəlɪt/.
What does tuberculate mean?
Having tubercles.
Where does tuberculate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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