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butanoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bu-tanoic
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives

Etymology

From butane + -oic.

Derived Forms

butanoate phenylbutanoic

Questions

What does butanoic mean?
Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
Where does butanoic come from?
From butane + -oic.

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