Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentaphosphide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-taphos-phide
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English phosphide English pentaphosphide From penta- + phosphide.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

dinitrogen pentaphosphide sodium pentaphosphide

Questions

What does pentaphosphide mean?
Any phosphide containing five phosphorus atoms
Where does pentaphosphide come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English phosphide English pentaphosphide From penta- + phosphide.

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