"citrate" meaning in English

See citrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪtɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-citrate.wav Forms: citrates [plural]
Etymology: From citric acid + -ate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|citric acid|-ate|id2=chemical}} citric acid + -ate Head templates: {{en-noun}} citrate (plural citrates)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of citric acid. Categories (topical): Organic compounds Coordinate_terms: Benedict's solution Translations (salt or ester of citric acid): citrat [masculine] (Catalan), 檸檬酸鹽 /柠檬酸盐 (Chinese Mandarin), citran [masculine] (Czech), citrát [masculine] (Czech), sitraatti (Finnish), Citrat [neuter] (German), ciotráit [feminine] (Irish), citrato [masculine] (Italian), 枸櫞酸塩 (kuensan'en) (alt: くえんさんえん) (Japanese), cytrynian [masculine] (Polish), цитра́т (citrát) [masculine] (Russian), citrato [masculine] (Spanish), citrat [neuter] (Swedish), sitrato (Tagalog)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪtɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-citrate.wav Forms: citrates [present, singular, third-person], citrating [participle, present], citrated [participle, past], citrated [past]
Etymology: From citric acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|citric acid|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} citric acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} citrate (third-person singular simple present citrates, present participle citrating, simple past and past participle citrated)
  1. To cause to form citrate. Related terms: citration Translations (cause to form citrate): 使檸檬酸化 /使柠檬酸化 (shǐ níngméngsuānhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), sitratoida (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪtɹeɪt/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐ níngméngsuānhuà",
      "sense": "cause to form citrate",
      "word": "使檸檬酸化 /使柠檬酸化"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to form citrate",
      "word": "sitratoida"
    }
  ],
  "word": "citrate"
}

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