Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrachromate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetra-chro-mate
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any chromate having four chromium atoms

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chromate English tetrachromate From tetra- + chromate.

Inflected Forms

tetrachromates (plural)

Questions

What does tetrachromate mean?: Any chromate having four chromium atoms
Where does tetrachromate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chromate English tetrachromate From tetra- + chromate.

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