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barrelene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bar-re-lene
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bicyclic organic compound bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French barilbor. Middle English barel English barrel French -ènebor. English -ene English barrelene From barrel + -ene, from the resemblance to a barrel, with the staves being three ethylene units attached to two methine groups.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

barrelenes (plural)

Derived Forms

benzobarrelene dibenzobarrelene tetrafluorobenzobarrelene

Questions

What does barrelene mean?
The bicyclic organic compound bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene
Where does barrelene come from?
Etymology tree Old French barilbor. Middle English barel English barrel French -ènebor. English -ene English barrelene From barrel + -ene, from the resemblance to a barrel, with the staves being three ethylene units attached to two methine groups.

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