Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fi-nate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of a sulfinic acid.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

sulfinates (plural) sulphinate (alternative)

Questions

What does sulfinate mean?: Any salt or ester of a sulfinic acid.
Where does sulfinate come from?: From sulfinic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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