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dialkyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
di-alkyl
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Two alkyl groups in a compound

Uncountable

noun

Any compound containing two alkyl groups

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl English dialkyl From di- + alkyl.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dialkyls (plural)

Derived Forms

aryldialkylphosphatase dialkylammonium dialkylaluminium dialkylamine dialkylamino dialkylaminofluorosulfur dialkylaminosulfinyl dialkylcadmium dialkylmagnesium dialkylmetal dialkylmethylamine dialkylthiourea

Phrases

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Questions

What does dialkyl mean?
Two alkyl groups in a compound
Where does dialkyl come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl English dialkyl From di- + alkyl.

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