Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxochloride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ox-ochlo-ride
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any oxohalide in which the halide is chloride

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oxo- English chloride English oxochloride From oxo- + chloride.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does oxochloride mean?
Any oxohalide in which the halide is chloride
Where does oxochloride come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oxo- English chloride English oxochloride From oxo- + chloride.

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