oxalate
See also: Oxalate
English
Etymology 1
From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɒksəleɪt/
Noun
oxalate (plural oxalates)
- (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- cadmium oxalate
- calcium oxalate
- dimethyl oxalate
- plumbic oxalate
- quadrioxalate
- sodium oxalate
- trioxalate
Translations
salt or ester of oxalic acid
Etymology 2
Probably directly from the noun, through the influence of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
oxalate (third-person singular simple present oxalates, present participle oxalating, simple past and past participle oxalated)
- To coat (steel, etc.) with an .
See also
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Oxalate”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 347.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
oxalate m (plural oxalates)
Descendants
Further reading
- “oxalate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.