oxalate

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/ˈɒksəleɪt/

noun

Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.

OriginFrench oxalate →
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Meanings

oxalate1

nounoxalate (plural oxalates)

plural oxalates

  1. chemistryAny salt or ester of oxalic acid.

oxalate2

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

present singular third person oxalates · participle present oxalating · participle past oxalated · past oxalated

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

Origin

oxalate · noun

  1. Frenchoxalate
  2. Englishoxalate

From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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oxalate · verb

Probably directly from the noun, through the influence of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Translations

Catalan oxalat
  • oxalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Chinese Mandarin 草酸鹽 /草酸盐
  • 草酸鹽 /草酸盐 (cǎosuānyán)salt or ester of oxalic acid
Czech šťavelan, oxalát
  • šťavelansalt or ester of oxalic acid
  • oxalátsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Finnish oksalaatti
  • oksalaattisalt or ester of oxalic acid
French oxalate
  • oxalatesalt or ester of oxalic acid
German Oxalat
  • Oxalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Indonesian oksalat
  • oksalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Irish ocsaláit
  • ocsaláitsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Italian ossalato
  • ossalatosalt or ester of oxalic acid
Malay oksalat
  • oksalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Polish szczawian
  • szczawiansalt or ester of oxalic acid
Portuguese oxalato
  • oxalatosalt or ester of oxalic acid
Romanian oxalat
  • oxalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Spanish oxalato
  • oxalatosalt or ester of oxalic acid
Swedish oxalat
  • oxalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
Turkish oksalat
  • oksalatsalt or ester of oxalic acid
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Chicago

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