Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

copolymer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: copoly-mer
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English polymer English copolymer From co- + polymer.

Inflected Forms

copolymers (plural)

Derived Forms

copolymerization pseudocopolymer

Phrases

block copolymer

Frequently Paired Words

pseudocopolymer

Synonyms

heteropolymer

Antonyms

homopolymer

Questions

What does copolymer mean?: A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.
Where does copolymer come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English polymer English copolymer From co- + polymer.

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