Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trichloro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trichloro
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Three chlorine atoms in a molecule.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- English trichloro From tri- + chloro-.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

clodantoin cloxestradiol cloxotestosterone dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane trichloroacetaldehyde trichloroacetic trichloroethane trichloromethyl trichlorophenol triclofos

Questions

What does trichloro mean?: Three chlorine atoms in a molecule.
Where does trichloro come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- English trichloro From tri- + chloro-.

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