Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycarboxylic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-car-boxylic
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having multiple carboxylic functional groups.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English carboxylic English polycarboxylic From poly- + carboxylic.

Phrases

polycarboxylic acid

Questions

What does polycarboxylic mean?: Having multiple carboxylic functional groups.
Where does polycarboxylic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English carboxylic English polycarboxylic From poly- + carboxylic.

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