morula
/ˈmɔːɹələ/noun
morula is spelled M-O-R-U-L-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morula means “A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morula is morulas or morulae.
How many letters and syllables are in morula?
| Letters | 6: M-O-R-U-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th 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 morula?
Morula appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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 morula?
- /ˈmɔːɹələ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-morula.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of morula
- morulas plural
- morulae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morula mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morula in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spherical mass of blastomeres:
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 morula come from?
From Latin morum (“mulberry”) + -ula.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).