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salicylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
sal-i-cy-late
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of salicylic acid.

verb

To combine or treat with salicylic acid.

Transitive verb

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

salicylates (plural) salicylates (present, singular) salicylating (participle, present) salicylated (participle, past) salicylated (past)

Derived Forms

acetylsalicylate carbasalate disalicylate homosalate octisalate salsalate subsalicylate xenysalate salicylation

Phrases

methyl salicylate

Questions

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

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