Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbene

/ˈkɑɹ.bin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: car-bene
IPA: /ˈkɑɹ.bin/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any short-lived, reactive species R₂C:, especially the parent compound CH₂: (also called methylene).

Inflected Forms

carbenes (plural)

Derived Forms

carbenic carbenium carbenoid dicarbene dichlorocarbene metallocarbene monocarbene nitrene polycarbene silicene tetracarbene

Phrases

carbene analogue

Homonyms

carbine (one pronunciation) carbine

Questions

How do you pronounce carbene?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑɹ.bin/.
What does carbene mean?: Any short-lived, reactive species R₂C:, especially the parent compound CH₂: (also called methylene).

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