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olefiant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ole-fi-ant
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That produces oil

Etymology

From French gaz oléfiant, from olé (“oil”) + -fiant (“producer”), present participle of -fier (“-fy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

olefiant gas

Questions

What does olefiant mean?
That produces oil
Where does olefiant come from?
It is traced to French.

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