Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiophosphate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thio-phos-phate
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound formally derived from a phosphate by replacing one or more oxygen atoms with sulfur

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English phosphate English thiophosphate From thio- + phosphate.

Inflected Forms

thiophosphates (plural)

Derived Forms

dithiophosphate monothiophosphate organothiophosphate tetrathiophosphate trithiophosphate

Synonyms

phosphorthioate phosphorothioate

Questions

What does thiophosphate mean?: Any compound formally derived from a phosphate by replacing one or more oxygen atoms with sulfur
Where does thiophosphate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English phosphate English thiophosphate From thio- + phosphate.

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