Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsaponifiable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-saponifi-able
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not able to be saponified

noun

lipids (such as steroids) that are not glycerides and thus cannot be saponified

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English saponifiable English unsaponifiable From un- + saponifiable.

Inflected Forms

unsaponifiables (plural)

Questions

What does unsaponifiable mean?: Not able to be saponified
Where does unsaponifiable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English saponifiable English unsaponifiable From un- + saponifiable.

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