Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyformaldehyde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-formalde-hyde
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

polyoxymethylene

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does polyformaldehyde mean?: polyoxymethylene
Where does polyformaldehyde come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English formaldehyde English polyformaldehyde From poly- + formaldehyde.

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