kekule

What does kekule mean?

kekule means "German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896)".

How many syllables are in kekule?

kekule has 3 syllables and divides as ke-ku-le 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.

What is another word for kekule?

Close synonyms include Friedrich August Kekule, Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz. 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 kekule a common word?

kekule 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for kekule come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.