Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyunsaturate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyun-sat-u-rate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid

adj

polyunsaturated

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

polyunsaturates (plural) more polyunsaturate (comparative) most polyunsaturate (superlative)

Questions

What does polyunsaturate mean?: any polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid
Where does polyunsaturate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English unsaturate English polyunsaturate From poly- + unsaturate.

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