Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semicarbazide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semi-car-bazide
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class or organic nitrogen compounds derived from the parent compound NH₂-NH-CO-NH₂; they react with aldehydes and ketones to form semicarbazones.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English carbazide English semicarbazide From semi- + carbazide.

Inflected Forms

semicarbazides (plural)

Derived Forms

thiosemicarbazide

Questions

What does semicarbazide mean?: Any of a class or organic nitrogen compounds derived from the parent compound NH₂-NH-CO-NH₂; they react with aldehydes and ketones to form semicarbazones.
Where does semicarbazide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English carbazide English semicarbazide From semi- + carbazide.

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