"valerate" meaning in English

See valerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: valerates [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English valeric acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -atusbor. English -ate English valerate From valeric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|valeric acid|-ate<t:salt or ester><id:chemical>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English valeric acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -atusbor. English -ate English valerate [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-atus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "gloss" : "salt or ester", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "valerate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="valerate"> From valeric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”)., {{ety|en|:af|valeric acid|-ate<t:salt or ester><id:chemical>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English valeric acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -atusbor. English -ate English valerate From valeric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} valerate (plural valerates)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of valeric acid. Derived forms: estradiol valerate, ketovalerate, valrubicin

Inflected forms

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