Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kavalactone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kavalac-tone
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of lactone compounds found in the kava shrub.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Tongan kavader. English kava Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English kavalactone From kava + lactone.

Inflected Forms

kavalactones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kavapyrone

Rhymes With

thiolactone enterolactone iminolactone macrolactone bislactone peptidolactone iodolactone mevalolactone trilactone xylonolactone ketolactone oligolactone

Questions

What does kavalactone mean?: Any of a class of lactone compounds found in the kava shrub.
Where does kavalactone come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Tongan kavader. English kava Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English kavalactone From kava + lactone.

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