Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diphosphide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: diphos-phide
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any phosphide containing two atoms of phosphorus

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English phosphide English diphosphide From di- + phosphide.

Inflected Forms

diphosphides (plural)

Questions

What does diphosphide mean?: Any phosphide containing two atoms of phosphorus
Where does diphosphide 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- English phosphide English diphosphide From di- + phosphide.

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