sphenopalatine
/ˌsfi.noʊˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/adjective, noun
sphenopalatine is an adjective meaning “Relating to, or connecting, the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-P-H-E-N-O-P-A-L-A-T-I-N-E and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does sphenopalatine mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to, or connecting, the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.
noun
- 1
A sphenopalatine part.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sphenopalatine?
- US /ˌsfi.noʊˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/
Sphenopalatine has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sphenopalatine
- sphenopalatines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sphenopalatine?
Sphenopalatine appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
Sphenopalatine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to the sphenoid and palatine bones:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | esfenopalatino |
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 sphenopalatine come from?
From spheno- + palatine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).