Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbonylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: car-bony-la-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any reaction that introduces a carbonyl group into a compound, especially by reaction with carbon monoxide

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English carbonyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English carbonylation From carbonyl + -ation.

Inflected Forms

carbonylations (plural)

Derived Forms

decarbonylation dicarbonylation hypercarbonylation monocarbonylation

Frequently Paired Words

carbonylate

Questions

What does carbonylation mean?: Any reaction that introduces a carbonyl group into a compound, especially by reaction with carbon monoxide
Where does carbonylation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English carbonyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English carbonylation From carbonyl + -ation.

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