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etchant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
etchant
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching.

Etymology

Etymology tree English etch Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English etchant From etch + -ant.

Inflected Forms

etchants (plural)

Synonyms

mordant

Questions

What does etchant mean?
An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching.
Where does etchant come from?
Etymology tree English etch Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English etchant From etch + -ant.

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