chytrid
/ˈkɪtɹɪd/noun
chytrid is a noun meaning “Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-Y-T-R-I-D, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chytrid is chytrids.
What does chytrid mean?
noun
- 1
Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota.
- 2
Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chytrid?
- US /ˈkɪtɹɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chytrid
- chytrids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chytrid?
Chytrid appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd 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).
Where does chytrid come from?
From Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”) adapted to the ending -id, from χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot, pipkin”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).