Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethynide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ethynide
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the monobasic anion [HC≡C]⁻ (a form of carbide) formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from ethyne; any salt containing this anion

Inflected Forms

ethynides (plural)

Synonyms

acetylide

Questions

What does ethynide mean?: the monobasic anion [HC≡C]⁻ (a form of carbide) formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from ethyne; any salt containing this anion

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