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phosphonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-nate
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.

verb

To react with a phosphonic acid derivative.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

phosphonates (plural) phosphonates (present, singular) phosphonating (participle, present) phosphonated (participle, past) phosphonated (past)

Derived Forms

acylphosphonate allenylphosphonate aminophosphonate biphosphonate bisphosphonate dihexylphosphonate diphosphonate fluorophosphonate glyphosate organophosphonate polyphosphonate tetraphosphonate

Questions

What does phosphonate mean?
Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.
Where does phosphonate come from?
From phosphonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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