Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyisocyanate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-iso-cyanate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound containing multiple isocyanate functional groups

noun

Any polymer prepared from an isocyanate, especially a polyurethane

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

polyisocyanates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

polycyanate

Questions

What does polyisocyanate mean?: Any compound containing multiple isocyanate functional groups
Where does polyisocyanate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English isocyanate English polyisocyanate From poly- + isocyanate.

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