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polyphenol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
polyphe-nol
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a large class of organic compounds, of plant origin, having more than one phenol group; they tend to be colourful and to have antioxidant properties.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phènebor. English phenol English polyphenol From poly- + phenol.

Inflected Forms

polyphenols (plural)

Derived Forms

phytopolyphenol polyphenolic

Frequently Paired Words

polyhydroxyphenol tannin

Questions

What does polyphenol mean?
Any of a large class of organic compounds, of plant origin, having more than one phenol group; they tend to be colourful and to have antioxidant properties.
Where does polyphenol come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phènebor. English phenol English polyphenol From poly- + phenol.

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