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pectin

/ˈpɛktɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
pectin
IPA
/ˈpɛktɪn/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant-derived polysaccharide found in cell walls (especially in fruits) that forms a gel under acidic conditions and is commonly used to thicken foods like jam and jellies.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Ancient Greek πήγνῡμι (pḗgnūmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πηκτός (pēktós) Ancient Greek πηκτικός (pēktikós)der. French acide pectique French pectineder. English pectin From French pectine, coined in the 1830s by Henri Braconnot, from acide pectique "pectic acid", from Ancient Greek πηκτικός (pēktikós, “curdling”), from πηκτός (pēktós, “curdled”), from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “stiffen”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pectins (plural) pectine (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

agaropectin amylopectin hydropectin metapectin oligopectin parapectin pectinaceous pectinase pectinated pectinesterase pectinolytic pectocellulose

Frequently Paired Words

pectic

Synonyms

E440 vegetable jelly

Homonyms

pecten

Rhymes With

becton ecton nekton

Questions

How do you pronounce pectin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛktɪn/.
What does pectin mean?
A plant-derived polysaccharide found in cell walls (especially in fruits) that forms a gel under acidic conditions and is commonly used to thicken foods like jam and jellies.
Where does pectin come from?
It is traced to French.

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