clavulanic
/ˌklæv.jəˈlæn.ɪk/adjective
clavulanic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to clavulanic acid or its derivatives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-L-A-V-U-L-A-N-I-C and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does clavulanic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to clavulanic acid or its derivatives.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce clavulanic?
- UK /ˌklæv.jʊˈlæn.ɪk/
- US /ˌklæv.jəˈlæn.ɪk/
Clavulanic has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is clavulanic?
Clavulanic appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does clavulanic come from?
From clavulanic acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).