Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrolactone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macro-lac-tone
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any macrocyclic lactone

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English macrolactone From macro- + lactone.

Inflected Forms

macrolactones (plural)

Derived Forms

macrolactonization

Frequently Paired Words

macrodilactone macrolide

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does macrolactone mean?: Any macrocyclic lactone
Where does macrolactone come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English macrolactone From macro- + lactone.

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