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besylate

/ˈbɛsɪleɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-sy-late
IPA
/ˈbɛsɪleɪt/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salt or ester of benzenesulfonic acid.

Etymology

From besyl(ic) (acid) (“benzenesulfonic (acid)”) + -ate (“a salt or ester derived from an acid whose name ends in -ic”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

besylates (plural) besilate (alternative)

Derived Forms

dibesylate

Synonyms

benzenesulfonate

Questions

How do you pronounce besylate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛsɪleɪt/.
What does besylate mean?
A salt or ester of benzenesulfonic acid.
Where does besylate come from?
From besyl(ic) (acid) (“benzenesulfonic (acid)”) + -ate (“a salt or ester derived from an acid whose name ends in -ic”).

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