Meanings
nounsulfobenzoate (plural sulfobenzoates)
plural sulfobenzoates
- chemistryAny of three isomeric sulfonic acids derived from benzoate (or carboxy derivatives of benzenesulfonic acid); the anion of sulfobenzoic acid
Origin
- Latinsulpur
- Latinsulfur
- Latinsulphur
- Anglo-Normansulfre
- Middle Englishsulphur
- Englishsulfur
- Englishsulfo-
- Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
- Proto-Indo-European*yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
- Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
- Proto-Austronesian*zawa
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
- Old Javanesejawa
- Old JavaneseJawi
- Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
- Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
- Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
- Catalanbenjuí
- Middle Frenchbenjoin
- Englishbenzoin
- Englishbenzoic
- Englishbenzoate
- Englishsulfobenzoate
From sulfo- + benzoate.
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APA
sulfobenzoate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfobenzoate
MLA
“sulfobenzoate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfobenzoate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sulfobenzoate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfobenzoate.
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