Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polysorbate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: polysor-bate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English sorbate English polysorbate From poly- + sorbate.

Inflected Forms

polysorbates (plural)

Synonyms

E432 - polysorbate 20 E433 - polysorbate 80 E434 - polysorbate 40 E435 - polysorbate 60 E436 - polysorbate 65 Tween™ nn

Questions

What does polysorbate mean?: Any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids.
Where does polysorbate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English sorbate English polysorbate From poly- + sorbate.

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