oxalate

See also: Oxalate

English

Etymology

From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒksəleɪt/

Noun

oxalate (plural oxalates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.

Derived terms

• cadmium oxalate
• calcium oxalate
• dimethyl oxalate
• plumbic oxalate
• quadrioxalate
• sodium oxalate
• trioxalate

 

Translations

salt or ester of oxalic acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草酸鹽／草酸盐 (cǎosuānyán)

• Czech: šťavelan m, oxalát (cs) m
• Finnish: oksalaatti
• French: oxalate (fr) m
• Irish: ocsaláit f
• Malay: oksalat
• Polish: szczawian (pl) m
• Spanish: oxalato (es) m

Verb

oxalate (third-person singular simple present oxalates, present participle oxalating, simple past and past participle oxalated)

1. To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Oxalate”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 347.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

oxalate m (plural oxalates)

1. oxalate

Descendants

• → English: oxalate
• → Romanian: oxalat
• → Turkish: oxalat

Further reading

• “oxalate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.