eutrophic

1. 1.

   (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication

   ecology

Questions about eutrophic

What does eutrophic mean?

eutrophic means "(ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication".

How many syllables are in eutrophic?

eutrophic has 4 syllables and divides as e-u-tro-phic 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.

Is eutrophic a common word?

eutrophic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.