Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: eno-late
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone

Etymology

Etymology tree English alkene Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English alkenolclip. English enol English -ate English enolate From enol + -ate.

Inflected Forms

enolates (plural)

Derived Forms

bisenolate haloenolate homoenolate

Phrases

Reformatsky enolate

Questions

What does enolate mean?: any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone
Where does enolate come from?: Etymology tree English alkene Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English alkenolclip. English enol English -ate English enolate From enol + -ate.

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