Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthosilicate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ortho-sili-cate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.

noun

Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO₄ tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English silicic acid English -ate English silicate English orthosilicate From ortho- + silicate.

Inflected Forms

orthosilicates (plural)

Derived Forms

oxyorthosilicate tetraethylorthosilicate

Synonyms

nesosilicate island silicate

Questions

What does orthosilicate mean?: Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.
Where does orthosilicate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English silicic acid English -ate English silicate English orthosilicate From ortho- + silicate.

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