Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decanoate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: de-canoate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of decanoic acid

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

decanoates (plural)

Derived Forms

monodecanoate perfluorodecanoate

Synonyms

caprate

Questions

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

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