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javel water

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
javel wa-ter
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sodium hypochlorite, the earliest chemical bleach.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of French eau de Javel, after the village (now Parisian neighbourhood) where it was produced.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Javelle water (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

javellization

Synonyms

javelle water eau de javelle

Questions

What does javel water mean?
sodium hypochlorite, the earliest chemical bleach.
Where does javel water come from?
Calque of French eau de Javel, after the village (now Parisian neighbourhood) where it was produced.

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