Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decarbonylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-car-bony-late
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove one or more carbonyl groups from a molecule

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English carbonylate English decarbonylate From de- + carbonylate.

Inflected Forms

decarbonylates (present, singular) decarbonylating (participle, present) decarbonylated (participle, past) decarbonylated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

decarbonylation

Questions

What does decarbonylate mean?: To remove one or more carbonyl groups from a molecule
Where does decarbonylate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English carbonylate English decarbonylate From de- + carbonylate.

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