Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umbriferous

/ʌmˈbɹɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: um-brif-er-ous
IPA: /ʌmˈbɹɪfəɹəs/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

providing or making shade; umbrageous.

Etymology

From Latin umbrifer, from umbra (“a shade”) + ferre (“to bear”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: umbrifer

Inflected Forms

more umbriferous (comparative) most umbriferous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

umbriferously

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce umbriferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌmˈbɹɪfəɹəs/.
What does umbriferous mean?: providing or making shade; umbrageous.
Where does umbriferous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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