sulfate

• sulphate (UK)

From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“salt”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent of sulfur +‎ -ate.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlfeɪt/

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sulfate (plural sulfates) (American spelling)

1. (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid.

sulfate (third-person singular simple present sulfates, present participle sulfating, simple past and past participle sulfated)

1. (American spelling, transitive, chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
2. (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

• fluates

• Homophones: sulfatent, sulfates

sulfate

1. inflection of sulfater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

sulfate

1. inflection of sulfatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative