phosphite

See also: Phosphite

English

Etymology

From phosphorous +‎ -ite.

Noun

phosphite (plural phosphites)

1. (chemistry) any salt or ester of phosphorous acid
2. (chemistry) the anion PO₃^3-, or the trivalent radical PO₃

Derived terms

• chlorophosphite
• diphosphite
• hypophosphite

Translations

any salt or ester of phosphorous acid

• Catalan: fosfit m
• Finnish: fosfiitti (fi)
• Irish: foisfít f
• Italian: fosfito (it) m
• Japanese: 亜燐酸塩 (ありんさんえん, arinsan'en)

French

Noun

phosphite m (plural phosphites)

1. phosphite

Further reading

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