trichloroethylene
/trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/noun
trichloroethylene is spelled T-R-I-C-H-L-O-R-O-E-T-H-Y-L-E-N-E: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trichloroethylene means “The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trichloroethylene is trichloroethylenes.
How many letters and syllables are in trichloroethylene?
| Letters | 17: T-R-I-C-H-L-O-R-O-E-T-H-Y-L-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 trichloroethylene?
Trichloroethylene appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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).
How do you pronounce trichloroethylene?
- /trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of trichloroethylene
- trichloroethylenes plural
- trichlorethylene
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trichloroethylene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.
The nurse gave the woman in labour trichloroethylene, a chemical also used to clean metal parts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate trichloroethylene?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of trichloroethylene: TCE.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trichloroethylene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trichloroéthylène |
| German | Trichlorethylen, Trichlorethen |
| Portuguese | tricloroetileno |
| Spanish | tricloroetileno |
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 trichloroethylene come from?
tri- + chloro- + ethylene (“ethyl (“eth- + -yl”) + -ene”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).