nucleotide

Other forms of nucleotide

plural

nucleotides·

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 nucleotide

What does nucleotide mean?

nucleotide means "a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)".

How many syllables are in nucleotide?

nucleotide has 4 syllables: nu-cle-o-tide. The stress falls on "nu". In IPA it is /ˈnukliəˌtaɪd/.

What is another word for nucleotide?

Close synonyms include base. 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 nucleotide a common word?

nucleotide 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.

What rhymes with nucleotide?

6 words rhyme with nucleotide. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.