vanadate
/ˈvænədeɪt/noun
vanadate is a noun meaning “Any salt of vanadic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-N-A-D-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vanadate is vanadates.
What does vanadate mean?
noun
- 1
Any salt of vanadic acid.
- 2
Any of the corresponding anions, VO₃, VO₄, or V₂O₇.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vanadate?
- /ˈvænədeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-vanadate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vanadate
- vanadates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vanadate?
Vanadate appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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).
Vanadate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any salt of vanadic acid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vanadate |
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 vanadate come from?
From vanadic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).