nodule

Other forms of nodule

plural

nodules·

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 nodule

What does nodule mean?

nodule means "a small node". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nodule?

nodule has 2 syllables: nodu-le. The stress falls on "nodu". In IPA it is /ˈnɑdʒul/.

What is another word for nodule?

Close synonyms include tubercle. 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 nodule a common word?

nodule 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.