acylate
/ˈæ.sɪ.leɪt/verb
acylate is spelled A-C-Y-L-A-T-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. As a verb, acylate means “To add one or more acyl groups to a compound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in acylate?
| Letters | 7: A-C-Y-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce acylate?
- US /ˈæ.sɪ.leɪt/
- US /ˈeɪ.saɪ.leɪt/
Acylate has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-acylate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acylate
- acylates present, singular, he/she/it
- acylating participle, present
- acylated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acylate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To add one or more acyl groups to a compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does acylate come from?
From acyl + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).