ethene

Questions about ethene

What does ethene mean?

ethene means "a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic".

How many syllables are in ethene?

ethene has 2 syllables: et-hene. The stress falls on "et". In IPA it is /ˈɛˌθin/.

What is another word for ethene?

Close synonyms include ethylene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ethene a common word?

ethene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ethene?

2 words rhyme with ethene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.