Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methanethiol

/ˌmɛθ.eɪnˈθaɪ.ɒl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: methanethi-ol
IPA: /ˌmɛθ.eɪnˈθaɪ.ɒl/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A colourless gas, a thiol with a smell like rotten cabbage, found naturally in plants and animals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From methane + thiol.

Usage

Inflected Forms

methanethiols (plural)

Synonyms

methyl mercaptan

Questions

How do you pronounce methanethiol?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛθ.eɪnˈθaɪ.ɒl/.
What does methanethiol mean?: A colourless gas, a thiol with a smell like rotten cabbage, found naturally in plants and animals.
Where does methanethiol come from?: From methane + thiol.

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