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hydrophane

hy·dro·phane
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy-druh-feyn]
    • /ˈhaɪ drəˌfeɪn/
    • /hˈaɪdrəfˌeɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-druh-feyn]
    • /ˈhaɪ drəˌfeɪn/

Definitions of hydrophane word

  • noun hydrophane a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water. 1
  • noun hydrophane a white partially opaque variety of opal that becomes translucent in water 0
  • noun hydrophane an opaque variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent when wet 0

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Origin of hydrophane

First appearance:

before 1775
One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1775-85; hydro-1 + -phane

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Parts of speech for Hydrophane

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hydrophane popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

hydrophane usage trend in Literature

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