citrate

See also: Citrate

English

Etymology

citric +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɹeɪt/

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Noun

citrate (plural citrates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of citric acid.

Coordinate terms

• Benedict's solution

Derived terms

• fentanyl citrate
• ferric ammonium citrate
• lithium citrate
• potassium citrate
• sildenafil citrate (Viagra)
• sodium citrate

 

Translations

salt or ester of citric acid

• Catalan: citrat m
• Czech: citran m, citrát m
• Finnish: sitraatti
• German: Citrat (de) n
• Irish: ciotráit f

• Italian: citrato (it) m
• Japanese: 枸櫞酸塩 (くえんさんえん, kuensan'en)
• Spanish: citrato m
• Swedish: citrat (sv) n
• Tagalog: sitrato

Verb

citrate (third-person singular simple present citrates, present participle citrating, simple past and past participle citrated)

1. To cause to form citrate.

Related terms

• citration

References

• citrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• arctite, atretic, cattier

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French

Noun

citrate m (plural citrates)

1. citrate

Further reading

• “citrate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Adjective

cītrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cītrātus