Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thioate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thioate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of a thioic acid.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

thioates (plural)

Derived Forms

phosphorthioate tiomesterone

Questions

What does thioate mean?: Any salt or ester of a thioic acid.
Where does thioate come from?: From thioic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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