polyacrylonitrile
noun
polyacrylonitrile is spelled P-O-L-Y-A-C-R-Y-L-O-N-I-T-R-I-L-E: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polyacrylonitrile means “Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polyacrylonitrile is polyacrylonitriles.
How many letters and syllables are in polyacrylonitrile?
| Letters | 17: P-O-L-Y-A-C-R-Y-L-O-N-I-T-R-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polyacrylonitrile?
Polyacrylonitrile appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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).
Forms of polyacrylonitrile
- polyacrylonitriles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polyacrylonitrile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate polyacrylonitrile?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of polyacrylonitrile: PAN.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polyacrylonitrile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense polymer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polyacrylonitrile |
| German | Polyacrylnitril |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does polyacrylonitrile come from?
From poly- + acrylonitrile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).