acetate
/ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/noun
acetate is spelled A-C-E-T-A-T-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acetate means “Any ester or salt of acetic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acetate is acetates.
How many letters and syllables are in acetate?
| Letters | 7: A-C-E-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is acetate?
Acetate appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce acetate?
- /ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/
Acetate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-acetate.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-acetate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acetate
- acetates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acetate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any ester or salt of acetic acid.
- 2
Cellulose acetate.
- 3
A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic.
Near-synonym: gel
- 4
Ellipsis of acetate disc (A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record)
Acetates are a relic of the days before cassettes, DAT, and recordable CDs came into widespread use in recording studios. Manufactured from aluminum, and coated in a thin sheet of vinyl, they were produced to allow the concerned parties to
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate acetate?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of acetate: Ac.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acetate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense salt or ester of acetic acid:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does acetate come from?
Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).