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methylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
methy-late
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)

verb

To add a methyl group to a compound

verb

To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression

noun

The anion -O-CH₃⁻ derived from methanol by loss of a proton; any salt containing this anion

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English methylate From methyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

methylates (present, singular) methylating (participle, present) methylated (participle, past) methylated (past) methylates (plural)

Derived Forms

automethylate biomethylate demethylate homomethylate hypermethylate hypomethylate methylatable methylator mismethylate monomethylate remethylate transmethylate

Frequently Paired Words

methylation

Questions

What does methylate mean?
To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)
Where does methylate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English methylate From methyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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