Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paraphenylenediamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: para-phenylene-di-amine
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The para- isomer of phenylenediamine.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English phenylenediamine English paraphenylenediamine From para- + phenylenediamine.

Inflected Forms

paraphenylenediamines (plural)

Synonyms

PPD

Questions

What does paraphenylenediamine mean?: The para- isomer of phenylenediamine.
Where does paraphenylenediamine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English phenylenediamine English paraphenylenediamine From para- + phenylenediamine.

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