silicate

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭʹlĭkāt, IPA: /ˈsɪlɪkeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"sIlIkeIt/

• enPR: sĭʹlĭkət, IPA: /ˈsɪlɪkət/, X-SAMPA: /"sIlIk@t/

• enPR: sĭʹlĭkĭt, IPA: /ˈsɪlɪkɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"sIlIkIt/

Etymology

• silic(on) + -ate

Noun

silicate (plural silicates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates

Translations

salt or mineral

• Finnish: silikaatti (fi)
• French: silicate (fr) m
• German: Silikat (de) n
• Italian: silicato (it) m

• Norwegian: silikat (no) n
• Polish: krzemian (pl) m
• Russian: силика́т (ru) (silikát) m
• Spanish: silicato (es) m
• Swedish: silikat (sv) n

Derived terms

Derived terms

aluminio-silicate aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate aluminomagnesian silicate aluminosilicate bismuth silicate borosilicate borophosphosilicate calcium magnesium silicate cerous silicate cyclosilicate disilicate fluosilicate inosilicate magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate magnesium silicate

metasilicate neosilicate orthosilicate phosphosilicate phyllosilicate pyrosilicate silicate board silicate cotton silicate paint sodium silicate sorosilicate subsilicate tectosilicate titano-silicate tungstosilicate

Related terms

• silica
• silicon

Anagrams

• ciliates