Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barbital

/ˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: bar-bi-tal
IPA: /ˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A woman, who had taken morphine and barbital, was found apparently dead after a night's exposure in some lonely spot. There were no reflexes, no pulse, no respiration or heart-beat. Yet she was alive—existing without oxygen—an impossibility as we had always supposed."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/
British English: /ˈbɑː.bɪt.əl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

barbitals (plural)

Derived Forms

amobarbital barbitalism metharbital pentobarbital phenobarbital probarbital secbutabarbital tetrabarbital thiobarbital

Synonyms

barbitone diethylbarbituric acid diethylmalonyl urea veronal diethylmalonylurea

Questions

How do you pronounce barbital?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/.
What does barbital mean?: The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.

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