Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rancidification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ran-cid-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The decomposition of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis or oxidation; the process of becoming rancid.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English rancidification From rancid + -ification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rancidifications (plural)

Questions

What does rancidification mean?: The decomposition of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis or oxidation; the process of becoming rancid.
Where does rancidification come from?: Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English rancidification From rancid + -ification.

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