Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyrometallurgical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
py-romet-al-lur-gi-cal
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to pyrometallurgy

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English metallurgy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English metallurgical English pyrometallurgical From pyro- + metallurgical.

Derived Forms

Questions

What does pyrometallurgical mean?
Of or pertaining to pyrometallurgy
Where does pyrometallurgical come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English metallurgy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English metallurgical English pyrometallurgical From pyro- + metallurgical.

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