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oxalate

/ˈɒksəleɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
ox-alate
IPA
/ˈɒksəleɪt/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.

verb

To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.

Etymology

From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

oxalates (plural) oxalates (present, singular) oxalating (participle, present) oxalated (participle, past) oxalated (past)

Derived Forms

binoxalate bioxalate dioxalate hydrogenoxalate oxaliplatin oxalosis oxammite peroxalate quadrioxalate trioxalate

Phrases

cadmium oxalate calcium oxalate dimethyl oxalate plumbic oxalate sodium oxalate

Frequently Paired Words

oxaluria

Questions

How do you pronounce oxalate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒksəleɪt/.
What does oxalate mean?
Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.
Where does oxalate come from?
It is traced to French.

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