Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stibine

/ˈstɪbaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stib-ine
IPA: /ˈstɪbaɪn/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

antimony hydride, SbH₃; a poisonous gas, sometimes used as a fumigant; any organic derivative of this compound.

Etymology

Etymology tree Egyptian sdmder. Ancient Greek στίμμῐ (stímmĭ) Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)der. Latin stibiumder. English stibium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English stibine From stibium + -ine. By surface analysis, stib- + -ine.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Chemistry.

Inflected Forms

stibines (plural)

Derived Forms

alkylstibine distibine organostibine triethylstibine trimethylstibine triphenylstibine

Questions

How do you pronounce stibine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɪbaɪn/.
What does stibine mean?: stibnite.
Where does stibine come from?: Etymology tree Egyptian sdmder. Ancient Greek στίμμῐ (stímmĭ) Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)der. Latin stibiumder. English stibium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English stibine From stibium + -ine. By surface analysis, stib- + -ine.

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