Word.ws English Dictionary

spheno-

UK/sfiː.nə(ʊ)/US/sfi.noʊ/

spheno- prefix: wedge, wedge-shaped.

Prefix

spheno-

  1. Wedge, wedge-shaped.
    • sphenogram
  2. Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
    • sphenomastoid

Forms of spheno-

alternative before-vowelsphen-

Origin of spheno-

From Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”). By surface analysis, sphen- + -o-.

Questions about spheno-

What does spheno- mean?
Spheno- means wedge, wedge-shaped.
What part of speech is spheno-?
Spheno- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce spheno-?
Spheno- is pronounced /sfiː.nə(ʊ)/ (UK).

Words near spheno- in the dictionary

  1. spheniscid
  2. spheniscidite
  3. spheniscids
  4. sphenisciform
  5. sphenisciforms
  6. spheno-
  7. sphenobasioccipital
  8. sphenobasion
  9. sphenobasions
  10. sphenoccipital
  11. sphenocephalic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spheno- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “spheno-.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/spheno-. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.