vitelline
/vɪˈtɛlaɪn/adjective, noun
vitelline is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an egg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-T-E-L-L-I-N-E, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vitelline mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an egg.
noun
- 1
A terminal branch of any of the main arteries connecting the aorta to the yolk sac.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vitelline?
- /vɪˈtɛlaɪn/
- /vɪˈtɛlɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vitelline
- more vitelline comparative
- most vitelline superlative
- vitellines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vitelline?
Vitelline appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 vitelline come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin vitellīnus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).