Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octanoate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-tanoate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of octanoic acid.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

octanoates (plural)

Derived Forms

monooctanoate tetraoctanoate trioctanoate

Synonyms

caprylate

Questions

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

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