Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methanide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: methanide
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carbide that decomposes in water to produce methane.

Etymology

From methane + -ide?

Word Breakdown

Suffix: methane

Inflected Forms

methanides (plural)

Questions

What does methanide mean?: A carbide that decomposes in water to produce methane.
Where does methanide come from?: From methane + -ide?

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