Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peptone

/ˈpɛptoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: pep-tone
IPA: /ˈpɛptoʊn/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye- Proto-Hellenic *pét͏̌t͏̌ō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Pepton, πεπτόν

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɛptoʊn/

Inflected Forms

peptones (plural)

Derived Forms

amphopeptone antipeptone bactopeptone hemipeptone metapeptone mycopeptone neopeptone parapeptone peptonic peptonization peptonize peptonoid

Questions

How do you pronounce peptone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛptoʊn/.
What does peptone mean?: Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.
Where does peptone come from?: It is traced to German.

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