Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentabromide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pentabro-mide
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any bromide containing five bromine atoms in each molecule

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

pentabromides (plural)

Phrases

niobium pentabromide phosphorus pentabromide tantalum pentabromide tungsten pentabromide

Questions

What does pentabromide mean?: any bromide containing five bromine atoms in each molecule
Where does pentabromide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English bromide English pentabromide From penta- + bromide.

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