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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) (475 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