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folate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
fo-late
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

folates (plural)

Derived Forms

antifolate tetrafolate tetrahydrofolate

Synonyms

vitamin bc vitamin m folic acid folacin pteroylglutamic acid pteroylmonoglutamic acid

Questions

What does folate mean?
A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex.
Where does folate come from?
From folic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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