solvate
noun, verb
solvate is a noun meaning “A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-L-V-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 52 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of solvate is solvates.
What does solvate mean?
noun
- 1
A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute
verb
- 1
To form such a complex upon solution
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of solvate
- solvates plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- solvating participle, present
- solvated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is solvate?
Solvate appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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).
Solvate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemistry: to form a solvate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | solvater |
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.