monobenzoate

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noun

Any salt or ester that has a single benzoate ion or group

OriginEnglish benzoate ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
Scrabble 25
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Meanings

nounmonobenzoate (plural monobenzoates)

plural monobenzoates

  1. chemistryAny salt or ester that has a single benzoate ion or group

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  10. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  11. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  12. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  13. Old Javanesejawa
  14. Old JavaneseJawi
  15. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  16. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  17. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  18. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  19. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  20. Catalanbenjuí
  21. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  22. Englishbenzoin
  23. Englishbenzoic
  24. Englishbenzoate
  25. Englishmonobenzoate

From mono- + benzoate.

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APA

monobenzoate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monobenzoate

MLA

“monobenzoate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monobenzoate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monobenzoate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monobenzoate.

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