Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vinylbenzene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vinyl-ben-zene
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of styrene.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl German Benzoe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English vinylbenzene From vinyl + benzene.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vinylbenzenes (plural) vinyl benzene (alternative)

Derived Forms

VB

Frequently Paired Words

benzene divinylbenzene monovinylbenzene polyvinylbenzene trivinylbenzene vinyl

Synonyms

styrene monovinylbenzene VB cinnamene phenylethylene

Questions

What does vinylbenzene mean?: Synonym of styrene.
Where does vinylbenzene come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl German Benzoe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English vinylbenzene From vinyl + benzene.

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