Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metallate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: met-al-late
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated to one or more oxygen or other atoms, or to small groups; e.g. tungstate, tetrathiomolybdate or ferrocyanide

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal English -ate English metallate From metal + -ate.

Inflected Forms

metallates (plural) metalate (alternative)

Derived Forms

bromometallate chlorometallate cyanometallate cyclometallate demetallate fluorometallate halometallate heteropolyoxometallate iodometallate metallation oxometallate selenometallate

Questions

What does metallate mean?: Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated to one or more oxygen or other atoms, or to small groups; e.g. tungstate, tetrathiomolybdate or ferrocyanide
Where does metallate come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal English -ate English metallate From metal + -ate.

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