Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyketone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyke-tone
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several polymers whose repeat units are ketones

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- German Ketonbor. English ketone English polyketone From poly- + ketone.

Inflected Forms

polyketones (plural)

Questions

What does polyketone mean?: Any of several polymers whose repeat units are ketones
Where does polyketone come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- German Ketonbor. English ketone English polyketone From poly- + ketone.

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