Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diethyltoluamide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-ethyl-tolu-amide
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide; DEET

Uncountable

Etymology

From diethyl + toluamide.

Usage

Questions

What does diethyltoluamide mean?
N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide; DEET
Where does diethyltoluamide come from?
From diethyl + toluamide.

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