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pinacol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pina-col
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any tetra-substituted derivative of ethylene glycol, of general formula R₂C(OH)-C(OH)R₂, especially the simplest example where R is methyl

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pinacone Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English pinacol From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”) + -ol. Actualized from pinacone.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pinacols (plural)

Derived Forms

benzopinacol pinacolate pinacolic pinacolone semipinacol

Phrases

pinacol rearrangement

Questions

What does pinacol mean?
any tetra-substituted derivative of ethylene glycol, of general formula R₂C(OH)-C(OH)R₂, especially the simplest example where R is methyl
Where does pinacol come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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