Term
chalaza
Chalaza is said kuh-LAY-zuh, so only the middle syllable arrives intact. The ch says k, the two outer a's say almost nothing, and the ear is left with one clear syllable out of three.
Greek chalaza meant a hailstone, and by extension any small hard lump. The ch is the Greek letter chi, which Latin transcribed as ch and English reads as k. Both a's on either side of the stressed one are neutral vowels.
- Say
- kuh-LAY-zuh
- Letters
- C-H-A-L-A-Z-A
- Root
- Greek chalaza, a hailstone or small lump
- Meaning
- The chalaza is the base of an ovule, where the stalk, the coats and the nucellus all run together. It sits opposite the micropyle. In a bird's egg the same word names the twisted strands that hold the yolk in place.
8 spellings people arrive at by ear
- kalazaa hard c
- chalezaan unstressed vowel
- chaluzaan unstressed vowel
- chelazaan unstressed vowel
- challazaa doubled consonant
- shalazach saying sh
- chulazaan unstressed vowel
- chalazzaa doubled consonant