Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyquat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyquat
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several quaternary ammonium compounds that are used as algicides.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

polyquats (plural)

Synonyms

polyquaternium

Questions

What does polyquat mean?: Any of several quaternary ammonium compounds that are used as algicides.
Where does polyquat come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English quat English polyquat From poly- + quat.

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