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colloidal

/kəlˈɔɪdəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
col-loidal
IPA
/kəlˈɔɪdəl/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλλᾰ (kóllă)der. Vulgar Latin colla French colle Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der. French -oïde French colloïde English colloid English -al English colloidal From colloid + -al.

Inflected Forms

more colloidal (comparative) most colloidal (superlative)

Derived Forms

biocolloidal colloidality colloidally electrocolloidal immunocolloidal nanocolloidal noncolloidal

Phrases

colloidal crystal colloidal electrolyte colloidal gel colloidal gold colloidal graphite colloidal instability colloidal particle colloidal silver

Rhymes With

sigmoidal alkaloidal rhizoidal sinusoidal trapezoidal steroidal toroidal nonsteroidal ellipsoidal spheroidal choroidal discoidal

Questions

How do you pronounce colloidal?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəlˈɔɪdəl/.
What does colloidal mean?
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.
Where does colloidal come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλλᾰ (kóllă)der. Vulgar Latin colla French colle Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der. French -oïde French colloïde English colloid English -al English colloidal From colloid + -al.

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