Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluorochemical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flu-o-ro-chem-i-cal
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any chemical compound (especially an organic compound) containing fluorine

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English chemical English fluorochemical From fluoro- + chemical.

Inflected Forms

fluorochemicals (plural)

Questions

What does fluorochemical mean?: Any chemical compound (especially an organic compound) containing fluorine
Where does fluorochemical come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English chemical English fluorochemical From fluoro- + chemical.

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