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trifluoroethanol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tri-flu-o-roethanol
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

Etymology

From tri- + fluoro- + ethane + -ol.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

trifluoroethanols (plural)

Derived Forms

TFE

Frequently Paired Words

ethane ethanol fluoroethane fluoroethanol trifluoroethane trifluoro

Synonyms

TFE trifluoroethyl alcohol

Questions

What does trifluoroethanol mean?
Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol
Where does trifluoroethanol come from?
From tri- + fluoro- + ethane + -ol.

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