Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Barbellate” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• barb

  beard

  Forms: barb

• -ella

  diminutive suffix, indicating something small or little.

  Forms: ella, elle

• -ate

  forms adjectives and nouns, denoting a state, office, function, or a quality, characteristic; also forms verbs from nouns and adjectives, to do, to make, to cause -ati: a group or class of people

  Forms: ate