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sulphate

/ˈsʌl.feɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
sul-phate
IPA
/ˈsʌl.feɪt/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of sulfate.

Obsolete

verb

Alternative spelling of sulfate.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

sulphates (plural) sulphates (present, singular) sulphating (participle, present) sulphated (participle, past) sulphated (past)

Derived Forms

bisulphate borosulphate disulphate dodecylsulphate hydrosulphate iodosulphate keratosulphate organosulphate oxysulphate persulphate polysulphate protosulphate

Phrases

copper sulphate iron(III) sulphate iron(II) sulphate iron sulphate sulphate of copper sulphate of iron zinc sulphate

Synonyms

sulfate

Homonyms

sulfate

Rhymes With

sulfate

Questions

How do you pronounce sulphate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌl.feɪt/.
What does sulphate mean?
Alternative spelling of sulfate.

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