Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentasiloxane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-tasilox-ane
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any siloxane having five -Si-O- groups

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

pentasiloxanes (plural)

Questions

What does pentasiloxane mean?: Any siloxane having five -Si-O- groups
Where does pentasiloxane come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English siloxane English pentasiloxane From penta- + siloxane.

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