Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dehydrobenzene

/diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈbɛnziːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-hy-droben-zene
IPA: /diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈbɛnziːn/

33

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydro- English dehydro- German Benzoe German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English dehydrobenzene From dehydro- + benzene.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈbɛnziːn/

Inflected Forms

dehydrobenzenes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce dehydrobenzene?: The recorded pronunciation is /diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈbɛnziːn/.
What does dehydrobenzene mean?: a benzyne
Where does dehydrobenzene come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydro- English dehydro- German Benzoe German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English dehydrobenzene From dehydro- + benzene.

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