Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thioperoxide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thioper-ox-ide
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of compounds, of general formula R-S-O-R^' formally derived from the peroxides by replacing one oxygen atom with sulfur

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English peroxide English thioperoxide From thio- + peroxide.

Inflected Forms

thioperoxides (plural)

Questions

What does thioperoxide mean?: Any of a class of compounds, of general formula R-S-O-R^' formally derived from the peroxides by replacing one oxygen atom with sulfur
Where does thioperoxide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English peroxide English thioperoxide From thio- + peroxide.

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