Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentahelicene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-ta-he-licene
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The helicene having five benzene rings fused into a flat spiral

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

pentahelicenes (plural)

Questions

What does pentahelicene mean?: The helicene having five benzene rings fused into a flat spiral
Where does pentahelicene come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English helicene English pentahelicene From penta- + helicene.

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