Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umbonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
um-bon-ate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an umbo

Etymology

From New Latin umbōnātus, from Latin umbō.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: umbōnātus, umbō

Inflected Forms

more umbonate (comparative) most umbonate (superlative)

Derived Forms

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Questions

What does umbonate mean?
Having an umbo
Where does umbonate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce umbonate

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