wolffian
/ˈwʊlfiən/adjective
wolffian is an adjective meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Wolffian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-O-L-F-F-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does wolffian mean?
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Wolffian.
adjective
- 1
Relating to Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733–1794), German physiologist and one of the founders of embryology.
- 2
Relating to Christian Wolff (1679–1754), German philosopher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce wolffian?
- /ˈwʊlfiən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Wolffian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is wolffian?
Wolffian appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th 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).
Words people confuse with wolffian
Sounds like: Woolfian (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does wolffian come from?
From Wolff + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).