alpha-naphthol

1. 1.

   an isomer of naphthol used in dyes

   Broadernaphthol

Questions about alpha-naphthol

What does alpha-naphthol mean?

alpha-naphthol means "an isomer of naphthol used in dyes".

How many syllables are in alpha-naphthol?

alpha-naphthol has 4 syllables and divides as al-pha--naph-thol under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is alpha-naphthol a common word?

alpha-naphthol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.