catenate

Questions about catenate

What does catenate mean?

catenate means "arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores".

How many syllables are in catenate?

catenate has 3 syllables and divides as ca-te-nate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for catenate?

Close synonyms include catenulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catenate a common word?

catenate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.