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    Surd

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords 2 | adjective | produced without vibration of the vocal cords

    Hyphenation

    surd (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1551 (European Renaissance) (474 years ago)

    Word origin

    Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    surds

    Synonyms

    voiceless consonant | hard | unvoiced | voiceless

    Broader terms

    consonant

    Lexically close words

    curd | Kurd | sued | sure | surf | turd (total: 6)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Spanish: | número irracional (mathematics) French: | racine irrationnelle (mathematics) Portuguese: | número irracional (mathematics) German: | irrationale Wurzel (mathematics) Italian: | numero irrazionale (mathematics)

    Other notable uses

    surd.com | surd.net | surd.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    5 (International English) | 5 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-7873

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