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tartrate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
tar-trate
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of tartaric acid.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

tartrates (plural)

Derived Forms

acetotartrate bitartrate detartrate ditartrate hemitartrate supertartrate tartaric

Phrases

calcium tartrate potassium antimonyl tartrate sodium tartrate

Questions

What does tartrate mean?
Any salt or ester of tartaric acid.
Where does tartrate come from?
From tartaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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