Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microbicidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-bi-ci-dal
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a microbicide

noun

Such a material

Etymology

Etymology tree English microbe Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English microbicide English -al English microbicidal From microbicide + -al.

Inflected Forms

more microbicidal (comparative) most microbicidal (superlative) microbicidals (plural)

Derived Forms

antimicrobicidal

Frequently Paired Words

microstatic

Questions

What does microbicidal mean?: Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a microbicide
Where does microbicidal come from?: Etymology tree English microbe Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English microbicide English -al English microbicidal From microbicide + -al.

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