Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentaerythritol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: pen-taery-thri-tol
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The polyhydric alcohol 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)1,3-propanediol C(CH₂OH)₄

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English erythritol English pentaerythritol From penta- + erythritol.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pentaerythritols (plural)

Derived Forms

pentaerythrityl

Phrases

pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Synonyms

peritrate

Questions

What does pentaerythritol mean?: The polyhydric alcohol 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)1,3-propanediol C(CH₂OH)₄
Where does pentaerythritol come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English erythritol English pentaerythritol From penta- + erythritol.

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