Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphorane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-rane
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the hydride of phosphorus PH₅ and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives

Etymology

Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English phosphorane From phosphor + -ane.

Inflected Forms

phosphoranes (plural)

Derived Forms

iminophosphorane

Frequently Paired Words

phosphane

Questions

What does phosphorane mean?: the hydride of phosphorus PH₅ and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives
Where does phosphorane come from?: Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English phosphorane From phosphor + -ane.

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