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terebene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
terebene
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From French térébène, from térébinthe, from Old French terebinte. By surface analysis, terebinth + -ene. Piecewise doublet of terpene.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: térébène, terebinte

Usage

Inflected Forms

terebenes (plural)

Derived Forms

diterebene

Questions

What does terebene mean?
Any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic
Where does terebene come from?
It is traced to French.

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