Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pivalate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pi-valate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of pivalic acid; trimethylacetate.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

pivalates (plural)

Derived Forms

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Questions

What does pivalate mean?: Any salt or ester of pivalic acid; trimethylacetate.
Where does pivalate come from?: From pivalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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