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cyanate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
cyanate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of cyanic acid.

verb

To treat or react with cyanide.

Etymology

From cyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

cyanates (plural) cyanates (present, singular) cyanating (participle, present) cyanated (participle, past) cyanated (past)

Derived Forms

hydrocyanate polycyanate selenocyanate tetracyanate

Questions

What does cyanate mean?
Any salt or ester of cyanic acid.
Where does cyanate come from?
From cyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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