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Definition: Trochanter |
TrochanterNoun1. One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Trochanter \Tro*chan"ter\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Trochanter |
| English words defined with "trochanter": Antitrochanter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "trochanter": subtrochanteric. (references) |
| "Trochanter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Trochanter" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "trochanter": great trochanter ♦ greater trochanter ♦ lesser trochanter ♦ small trochanter. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trochanter | 20 |
trochanter bursitis | 6 |
greater trochanter | 6 |
trochanter belt | 3 |
bursitis greater trochanter | 2 |
lesser trochanter | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "trochanter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | trochanter minor (lesser trochanter), trochanter major (greater trochanter). (various references) | ||||
French | PETIT trochanter (lesser trochanter), grand trochanter (greater trochanter). (various references) | ||||
German | Trochanter minor (lesser trochanter), Trochanter major (greater trochanter). (various references) | ||||
Italian | piccolo trocantere (lesser trochanter), grande trocantere (greater trochanter). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ochantertray | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trochanter": trochanteral, trochanteric, trochanters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "trochanter" (pronounced 'Tro*chan"ter'): Abutter, Acater, Acquitter, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aflutter, Aglitter, Alabaster, Allotter, Amylobacter, Antitrochanter, Apporter, Atter, Auntter, Auster, Balter, Baxter, Beflatter, Begetter, Bemaster, Beplaster, Bescatter, Besetter, Bespatter, Bewinter, Blatter, Blotter, Boroughmaster, Boulter, Bunter, Buster, Canaster, Cauter, Cheirepter, Chitter, Chowter, Cinter, Circumcenter, Climacter, Clotter, Clyster, Coleopter, Colter, Committer, Complotter, Concertmeister, Coniroster, Coster, Crater. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: anchoret, ranchero, retroact, tetrarch, theocrat. | |
-3 letters: another, chanter, chantor, charter, chatter, creator, enactor, etchant, horrent, norther, notcher, rancher, ratchet, reactor, rechart, retract, torrent, tractor, tranche, trochar. | |
-4 letters: anchor, anther, archer, archon, atoner, attorn, canter, cantor, carnet, carrot, carter, carton, centra, charro, chorea, coater, contra, cornea, corner, cornet, cottae, cottar, cotter, crater, craton, errant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: trochanters. | |
+2 letters: trichopteran, trochanteral, trochanteric. | |
+3 letters: counterthreat, orchestrating, orchestration, trichopterans. | |
+4 letters: anthropometric, counterthreats, orchestrations, trisoctahedron. | |
+5 letters: anthropocentric, heterochromatin, nonarchitecture, orchestrational, reorchestrating, reorchestration, trisoctahedrons. | |
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