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anhydride

/ænhˈaɪdɹɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
an-hy-dride
IPA
/ænhˈaɪdɹɪd/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- English -ide English hydride English anhydride From an- + hydride. Compare anhydrous and -ide.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

anhydrides (plural)

Derived Forms

dianhydride glycide haloanhydride heteroanhydride homoanhydride mannide polyanhydride polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride thioanhydride

Phrases

acetic anhydride acyl anhydride base anhydride carbon anhydride carbonic anhydride maleic anhydride malonic anhydride mellitic anhydride

Questions

How do you pronounce anhydride?
The recorded pronunciation is /ænhˈaɪdɹɪd/.
What does anhydride mean?
Any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.
Where does anhydride come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- English -ide English hydride English anhydride From an- + hydride. Compare anhydrous and -ide.

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