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pyrone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
py-rone
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pyrone From pyro- + -one.

Inflected Forms

pyrones (plural)

Derived Forms

benzopyrone kavapyrone naphthopyrone photopyrone styrylpyrone

Synonyms

pyranone

Questions

What does pyrone mean?
Any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group.
Where does pyrone come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pyrone From pyro- + -one.

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