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tannic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
tan-nic acid
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees and used in tanning.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of French acide tannique, introduced 1834 by the French chemist Théophile-Jules Pelouze.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tannic acids (plural)

Derived Forms

tannate

Phrases

acetyltannic acid mimotannic acid tannogallic acid

Frequently Paired Words

tannin tannogallic acid

Synonyms

tannin

Questions

What does tannic acid mean?
Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees and used in tanning.
Where does tannic acid come from?
Calque of French acide tannique, introduced 1834 by the French chemist Théophile-Jules Pelouze.

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