phosphate

See also phosphaté

English

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Etymology

phosphoric +‎ -ate

Noun

phosphate (plural phosphates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
2. (US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.
   • 2002, Michael Raleigh, In the castle of the Flynns, page 180:

     “This man here,” she said, “can make you a cherry Coke or a chocolate Coke or a phosphate — a chocolate phosphate or. “Vanilla phosphate,” the man helped, “cherry phosphate, orange phosphate, lime phosphate, lemon phosphate,

   • 2008, Kathryn Kysar, Riding shotgun: women write about their mothers, page 106:

     You order California burgers for us both, even though I don't eat lettuce or tomato, then you order me a phosphate, cherry, a dreadful fizzy drink you say you always loved. It's bitter, bubbly, unbearable; but, thirsty for your past, force myself to drink it.

Derived terms

terms derived from phosphate (noun)

ammonium phosphate cadmium phosphate calcium dihydrogen phosphate calcium phosphate diammonium phosphate dihydrogen phosphate diphosphate disodium phosphate ferric phosphate ferrous phosphate fluophosphate fluorophosphate high energy phosphate hydrogen phosphate hypophosphate inorganic phosphate inositol phosphate iron phosphate metaphosphate monocalcium phosphate monophosphate monopotassium phosphate organphosphate orthophosphate phosphagen phosphataemia, phosphatemia phosphatase

phosphate bond phosphated phosphate glass phosphate island phosphate rock phosphatic phosphatide phosphaturia potassium titanyl phosphate pyrophosphate silicophosphate sodium dithiophosphate sodium hexametaphosphate sodium monofluorophosphate sodium phosphate sodium phosphate tribasic sodium trimetaphosphate sodium tripolyphosphate superphosphate thiophosphate tricalcium phosphate triphosphate trisodium phosphate trisodium phosphate trisodium phosphate dodecahydrate uranium phosphate uranyl phosphate vanadious phosphate

Translations

any salt or ester of phosphoric acid

• Czech: fosforečnan (cs) m, fosfát (cs) m
• Esperanto: fosfato (eo)
• Finnish: fosfaatti (fi)
• French: phosphate (fr) m
• Ido: fosfato (io)
• Irish: fosfáit (ga) f
• Italian: fosfato (it) m

• Polish: fosforan (pl) m
• Portuguese: fosfato (pt) m
• Romanian: fosfat (ro) m
• Russian: фосфат (ru) (fosfát) m
• Spanish: fosfato (es) m

Verb

phosphate (third-person singular simple present phosphates, present participle phosphating, simple past and past participle phosphated)

1. To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

Translations

to treat or coat with phosphate

• Italian: fosfatare (it)

• Romanian: fosfata (ro)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔs.fat/, X-SAMPA: /fOs.fat/

Noun

phosphate m (plural phosphates)

1. phosphate