Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentaacetate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-taac-etate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound, but especially a derivative of a sugar, that has five acetate groups

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English acetate English pentaacetate From penta- + acetate.

Inflected Forms

pentaacetates (plural)

Phrases

arabitol pentaacetate arbutin pentaacetate diethylenetriamine pentaacetate galactose pentaacetate glucose pentaacetate

Questions

What does pentaacetate mean?: Any compound, but especially a derivative of a sugar, that has five acetate groups
Where does pentaacetate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English acetate English pentaacetate From penta- + acetate.

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