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cupronickel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
cupron-ick-el
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cupro- + nickel, likely a calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of copper-nickel and kupfernickel.

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Inflected Forms

cupronickels (plural)

Questions

What does cupronickel mean?
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
Where does cupronickel come from?
From cupro- + nickel, likely a calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of copper-nickel and kupfernickel.

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