Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selenoaldehyde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: se-lenoalde-hyde
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any compound of general formula RCH=Se, the selenium analogs of aldehydes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde English selenoaldehyde From seleno- + aldehyde.

Inflected Forms

selenoaldehydes (plural)

Questions

What does selenoaldehyde mean?: any compound of general formula RCH=Se, the selenium analogs of aldehydes
Where does selenoaldehyde come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde English selenoaldehyde From seleno- + aldehyde.

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