Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tellurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tel-lu-rate
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any oxyanion of tellurium; any salt of telluric acid.

Etymology

From telluric acid + -ate (“derivative, salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

tellurates (plural)

Derived Forms

borotellurate sulfotellurate sulphotellurate telluratian

Phrases

cadmium tellurate

Frequently Paired Words

metatellurate orthotellurate

Questions

What does tellurate mean?: Any oxyanion of tellurium; any salt of telluric acid.
Where does tellurate come from?: From telluric acid + -ate (“derivative, salt or ester”).

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