How do you pronounce urea?

The recorded pronunciation is /jʊˈɹiə/.

urea

/jʊˈɹiə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: urea
IPA: /jʊˈɹiə/

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Meaning

noun

A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.

Uncountable

noun

Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).

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Example Sentences

"Five of them — Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — supply more than a third of the world’s urea, an important nitrogen fertilizer, and nearly a quarter of another one, ammonia. […] Over the past week, the price of urea sold in Egypt, a market that economists track closely, climbed more than 35 percent."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. French uréeder. New Latinder. English urea From New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, urée, οὖρον

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jʊˈɹiə/
British English: /jʊˈɹiːə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ureas (plural)

Derived Forms

alkylurea arylurea bisurea bromerguride bromovalerylurea carbamylurea carburazepam diallylurea dicyclohexylurea dimethylurea diphenylurea glibornuride

Phrases

alpha-naphthylthiourea imidazolidinyl urea methylol urea urea cycle urea-formaldehyde ureido-

Frequently Paired Words

biuret

Synonyms

carbamide

Rhymes With

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