alpha-tocopheral

1. 1.

   a potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis

   Broadervitamin E

Questions about alpha-tocopheral

What does alpha-tocopheral mean?

alpha-tocopheral means "a potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis".

How many syllables are in alpha-tocopheral?

alpha-tocopheral has 6 syllables and divides as al-pha--to-co-phe-ral 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-tocopheral a common word?

alpha-tocopheral 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.