Meanings
nountetrafluoro (uncountable)
- in compoundsuncountablechemistryFour fluoro groups in a compound
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescencebf.
- Englishfluoresce
- Englishfluor(escent)
- Latinō
- Old Frenchoh
- Middle Englisho
- EnglishO
- Middle Englisho
- Englishoh
- Englishfluoro
- Englishtetrafluoro
From tetra- + fluoro.
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APA
tetrafluoro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrafluoro
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“tetrafluoro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrafluoro. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetrafluoro,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrafluoro.
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