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prussian red

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
prus-sian red
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Potassium ferricyanide, K₃[Fe(CN)₆], a highly poisonous ferric crystal salt of potassium cyanide used as a pigment.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The colour of this compound: a hue of semi-dark brownish red

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a brownish hue of red colour.

Etymology

Discovered by Prussian chemist Leopold Gmelin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Prussian reds (plural) more Prussian red (comparative) most Prussian red (superlative)

Phrases

Prussian blue

Frequently Paired Words

Prussian blue

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does prussian red mean?
Potassium ferricyanide, K₃[Fe(CN)₆], a highly poisonous ferric crystal salt of potassium cyanide used as a pigment.
Where does prussian red come from?
Discovered by Prussian chemist Leopold Gmelin.

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