Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trichloroethylene

/trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: trichloroethy-lene
IPA: /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The nurse gave the woman in labour trichloroethylene, a chemical also used to clean metal parts."

Etymology

tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”)

Word Breakdown

Prefix: eth-, ethyl, tri-
Suffix: -yl, -ene, chloro-

Usage

Inflected Forms

trichloroethylenes (plural) trichlorethylene (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dichloroethylene DCE tetrachloroethylene perc

Synonyms

TCE trichloroethene trichloroethane

Questions

How do you pronounce trichloroethylene?: The recorded pronunciation is /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/.
What does trichloroethylene mean?: The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.
Where does trichloroethylene come from?: tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”)

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