stearic
/stiˈær.ɪk/adjective
stearic is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to stearin, tallow etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-E-A-R-I-C and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does stearic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to stearin, tallow etc.
- 2
Of or relating to stearic 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 stearic?
- UK /ˈsti.ər.ɪk/
- UK /stiˈar.ɪk/
- US /stiˈær.ɪk/
Stearic has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is stearic?
Stearic appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 stearic come from?
From French stéarique, from στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”) + -ique.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).