Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentasulphide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-ta-sul-phide
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any sulphide containing five sulphur 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 sulphide English pentasulphide From penta- + sulphide.

Inflected Forms

pentasulphides (plural) pentasulfide (alternative)

Phrases

antimony pentasulfide antimony pentasulphide pentasulfide antimony pentasulphide antimony phosphorus pentasulfide phosphorus pentasulphide

Questions

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

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