Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triphenyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: triph-enyl
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Three phenyl groups in a compound

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An oligophenyl having three benzene rings

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl English triphenyl From tri- + phenyl.

Usage

Inflected Forms

triphenyls (plural)

Derived Forms

triphenylethylene triphenylmethane triphenylmethanol triphenylphosphate triphenylstibine

Questions

What does triphenyl mean?: Three phenyl groups in a compound
Where does triphenyl come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl English triphenyl From tri- + phenyl.

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