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pnictide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pnic-tide
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any binary compound of a pnictogen

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνίγειν (pnígein, “to choke, to stifle”) (a property of nitrogen), from Pre-Greek, + -ide. By surface analysis, pnicto- + -ide.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pnictides (plural)

Derived Forms

dipnictide ferropnictide monopnictide oxypnictide

Frequently Paired Words

pnictogen

Questions

What does pnictide mean?
Any binary compound of a pnictogen
Where does pnictide come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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