Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyphosphonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyphos-pho-nate
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polymer of one or more phosphonates

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

polyphosphonates (plural)

Questions

What does polyphosphonate mean?: Any polymer of one or more phosphonates
Where does polyphosphonate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phosphonate English polyphosphonate From poly- + phosphonate.

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