arsenate
ar·sen·ate/ˈɑːsɪneɪt/noun
arsenate is a noun meaning “Any salt or ester of arsenic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-S-E-N-A-T-E and has 3 syllables (ar·sen·ate), and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of arsenate is arsenates.
What does arsenate mean?
noun
- 1
Any salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- 2
The anion AsO₄³⁻.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce arsenate?
- UK /ˈɑːsɪneɪt/
- UK /ˈɑːsn̩eɪt/
- UK /ˈɑːsneɪt/
Arsenate has 3 syllables, split ar·sen·ate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-arsenate.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-arsenate2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-arsenate3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of arsenate
- arsenates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is arsenate?
Arsenate appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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).
Arsenate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense salt or ester of arsenic 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 arsenate come from?
From arsenic + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).