vinyl
/ˈvaɪ.nɪl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
Countable
adj
Containing the vinyl radical.
adj
Pertaining to a phonograph record.
Example Sentences
- "Many DJs prefer vinyl to CDs."
- "This is a tangible example of the net's natural flow toward improved environmental outcomes. Although some people lament the loss of flipping through CDs, or eight-tracks, or vinyls, there is a clear upside to dematerialization."
- "Dance, boogie wonderland / Sound fly through the night / I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland"
- "After being gifted a turntable and investing in relatively inexpensive speakers, he talks about becoming reacquainted with the Impulse vinyl version of John Coltrane's celebrated jazz album, A Love Supreme."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl From Latin vīnum (“wine”) + English -yl. Derived from Latin vīnum because ethyl alcohol is the ordinary alcohol present in wine.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vīnum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvaɪ.nɪl/
- British English: /ˈvaɪ.nɪl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
bivinyl
butylvinyl
cefivitril
chlorovinyl
chlorovinyldichloroarsine
clofenvinfos
dimethylvinyl
dimethylvinylchloride
divinyl
divinylbenzene
monovinyl
monovinylbenzene
Phrases
2,2,2-trifluoroethyl vinyl
2-chloroethylvinyl ether
4-vinylcyclohexene
beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine
ethyl vinyl ether
ethylvinyl ether
gamma-vinyl GABA
gamma vinyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid