Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polychromate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-chro-mate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salt or ion composed of multiple chromate groups

adj

Composed of many colours

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

polychromates (plural)

Synonyms

motley multicolored polychromatic

Questions

What does polychromate mean?: A salt or ion composed of multiple chromate groups
Where does polychromate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chromate English polychromate From poly- + chromate.

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