Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catenane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cate-nane
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.

Etymology

From Latin catena (“a chain”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: catena

Inflected Forms

catenanes (plural)

Derived Forms

hemicatenane polycatenane precatenane pseudocatenane

Phrases

catena compound

Frequently Paired Words

catena compound

Questions

What does catenane mean?: Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.
Where does catenane come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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