Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexanal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hex-anal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English hex- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English hexane English -al English hexanal From hexane + -al (“aldehyde”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

hexanals (plural)

Questions

What does hexanal mean?: Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal.
Where does hexanal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English hex- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English hexane English -al English hexanal From hexane + -al (“aldehyde”).

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