fosfato

See also: fosfatò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fusˈfa.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [fosˈfa.to]

Verb

fosfato

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosfatar

Esperanto

Etymology

From English phosphate, French phosphate, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fosˈfato]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fos‧fa‧to

Noun

fosfato (accusative singular fosfaton, plural fosfatoj, accusative plural fosfatojn)

1. (chemistry) phosphate

Derived terms

• fosfata
• polifosfato
• trifosfato

 

Related terms

• fosfata acido / fosfatacido / fosforacido / fosfora acido

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fosfato, English phosphate, French phosphate, German Phosphate, Italian fosfato, Russian фосфа́т (fosfát), Spanish fosfato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fosˈfato/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fos‧fa‧to

Noun

fosfato (plural fosfati)

1. (chemistry) phosphate

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈsfa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fo‧sfà‧to

Etymology 1

From fosf(oro) (“phosphorus”) +‎ -ato, on the model of French phosphate.

Noun

fosfato m (plural fosfati)

1. (chemistry) phosphate

Derived terms

• fosfatico (“phosphatic”)
• fosfato di ammonio
• fosfato di calcio (“calcium phosphate”)
• fosfato di magnesio
• fosfato di potassio
• fosfato di sodio

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fosfato

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosfatare

Further reading

• fosfato in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fosfato in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• fosfato in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• fosfato in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fosfàto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• fosfato in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• fosfato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French phosphate.

Alternative forms

• phosphato (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fosˈfa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fosˈfa.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʃˈfa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fosˈfa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuʃˈfa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: fos‧fa‧to

Noun

fosfato m (plural fosfatos)

1. phosphate (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid)

Derived terms

• fosfatar

Related terms

• fósforo

Etymology 2

Verb

fosfato

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosfatar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fosˈfato/ [fosˈfa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: fos‧fa‧to

Etymology 1

From fósforo +‎ -ato.

Noun

fosfato m (plural fosfatos)

1. (chemistry) phosphate

Derived terms

• bifosfato (“biphosphate”)
• difosfato (“diphosphate”)
• monofosfato (“monophosphate”)
• organofosfato (“organophosphate”)
• pirofosfato (“pyrophosphate”)
• trifosfato (“triphosphate”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fosfato

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosfatar

Further reading

• “fosfato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10