amacrine
/ˈæməkɹɪn/adjective, noun
amacrine is spelled A-M-A-C-R-I-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, amacrine means “Without long processes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amacrine?
| Letters | 8: A-M-A-C-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is amacrine?
Amacrine appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce amacrine?
- /ˈæməkɹɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of amacrine
- amacrines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amacrine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Without long processes.
noun
- 1
Any cell that does not have a long process.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amacrine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of a cell: without long processes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | amácrino |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does amacrine come from?
From a- (“not”) + Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long”) + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).