ferromagnetic
/fˌɛɹoʊmˌæɡnˈɛtɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English magnetic English ferromagnetic From ferro- + magnetic.
Inflected Forms
more ferromagnetic (comparative)
most ferromagnetic (superlative)