Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fonate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.

American usage

verb

To treat or react with a sulfonic acid, or to introduce such a group into a compound.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

sulfonates (plural) sulphonate (alternative) sulfonates (present, singular) sulfonating (participle, present) sulfonated (participle, past) sulfonated (past)

Derived Forms

alkanesulfonate benzenesulfonate disulfonate hydroxymethylsulfonate lignosulfonate monosulfonate naphthalenesulfonate organosulfonate perfluorosulfonate sufosfamide tetrasulfonate thiosulfonate

Phrases

lignin sulfonate perfluorooctane sulfonate

Questions

What does sulfonate mean?: Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.

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