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propionate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
pro-pi-onate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of propionic acid.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

propionates (plural)

Derived Forms

amphopropionate aryloxyphenoxypropionate dimethylsulfoniopropionate dipropionate estrapronicate polypropionate propionigenesis

Phrases

calcium propionate

Synonyms

propanoate

Questions

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

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