How Do You Spell PETROPHILOIDES?

Pronunciation: [pˈɛtɹəfˌɪlɔ͡ɪdz] (IPA)

Petrophiloides is a chemical compound containing the root word "petro-" which means rock or stone. The word is spelled with an "o" after the "ph" which represents a Greek diphthong "oi" pronounced as /ɔɪ/. The "oides" ending comes from the Greek "eidos" meaning "resembling" and is pronounced as /ɔɪdis/. Therefore, the correct phonetic transcription of "petrophiloides" is /pɛtrəˈfɪlɔɪdiːz/. This compound is often used in the chemical industry as a component in solvents, fuels, and oils.

PETROPHILOIDES Meaning and Definition

1. In geol., fossil cones from the London clay, so named from their resemblance to those of the existing genus of ornamental shrubs called petrophila.

   Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Common Misspellings for PETROPHILOIDES

• oetrophiloides
• letrophiloides
• -etrophiloides
• 0etrophiloides
• pwtrophiloides
• pstrophiloides
• pdtrophiloides
• prtrophiloides
• p4trophiloides
• p3trophiloides
• perrophiloides
• pefrophiloides
• pegrophiloides
• peyrophiloides
• pe6rophiloides
• pe5rophiloides
• peteophiloides
• petdophiloides
• petfophiloides
• pettophiloides

Etymology of PETROPHILOIDES

There is no information available on the etymology of the word "petrophiloides". It seems to be a scientific name or a coined term, which makes it difficult to trace its origins.