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carbonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-bonous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or containing carbon.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English carbonous From carbon + -ous.

Synonyms

carbonaceous carbonic carboniferous

Questions

What does carbonous mean?
Of, relating to, or containing carbon.
Where does carbonous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English carbonous From carbon + -ous.

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