Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polybrominated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: poly-bromi-nat-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having had multiple hydrogen atoms replaced by bromine

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English brominated English polybrominated From poly- + brominated.

Inflected Forms

more polybrominated (comparative) most polybrominated (superlative)

Phrases

polybrominated biphenyl

Questions

What does polybrominated mean?: Having had multiple hydrogen atoms replaced by bromine
Where does polybrominated come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English brominated English polybrominated From poly- + brominated.

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