enation

Other forms of enation

plural

enations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about enation

What does enation mean?

enation means "line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in enation?

enation has 4 syllables: e-na-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for enation?

Close synonyms include matrilineage, cognation, plant process. 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 enation a common word?

enation 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.