nitrobenzoate

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noun

A benzene group with a nitrogen dioxide substituent, usually as part of a greater molecule such as methyl nitrobenzoate.

OriginEnglish benzoate ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nounnitrobenzoate (plural nitrobenzoates)

plural nitrobenzoates

  1. A benzene group with a nitrogen dioxide substituent, usually as part of a greater molecule such as methyl nitrobenzoate.

Origin

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

From nitro- + benzoate.

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APA

nitrobenzoate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitrobenzoate

MLA

“nitrobenzoate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitrobenzoate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nitrobenzoate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitrobenzoate.

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