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tartaric acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
tar-tar-ic acid
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

tartaric acids (plural)

Phrases

caftaric acid coutaric acid dextrotartaric acid fertaric acid itatartaric acid mesotartaric acid metatartaric acid

Frequently Paired Words

tartrate

Synonyms

erythraric acid uvic acid E334 when used as an antioxidant

Questions

What does tartaric acid mean?
The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.
Where does tartaric acid come from?
From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

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