phosphate en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusder. French phosphore Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French phosphateder. English phosphate From French phosphate. By surface analysis, phosphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels.
2009 February 26, Julie Scelfo, “When It Comes to Detergents, What’s the Least Irresponsible Choice?”, in The New York Times:Bony fishes were judicious in their use of phosphate as a building material: their teeth, a few parts of the skeleton, and that was it.
2022 November 4, Natalie Angier, “The Sad Fate of the Ancient, Well-Shelled Mariners”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022:
- (countable, uncountable) Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds.
- (countable, uncountable) Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry).
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(US, countable, dated, regional, uncountable) A carbonated soft drink containing phosphoric acid, often flavored with a fruit-based syrup.
“This man here,” she said, “can make you a cherry Coke or a chocolate Coke or a phosphate — a chocolate phosphate or. “Vanilla phosphate,” the man helped, “cherry phosphate, orange phosphate, lime phosphate, lemon phosphate,
2002, Michael Raleigh, In the castle of the Flynns, page 180:You order California burgers for us both, even though I don't eat lettuce or tomato, then you order me a phosphate, cherry, a dreadful fizzy drink you say you always loved. It's bitter, bubbly, unbearable; but, thirsty for your past, force myself to drink it.
2008, Kathryn Kysar, Riding shotgun: women write about their mothers, page 106:An egg phosphate is a phosphate to which an egg has been added in the proper manner. While an egg phosphate can be flavored with any syrup that makes a good phosphate, still the standard flavor by long usage has com to be orange […]
1920, Irving P. Fox, The Spatula, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phosphates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dichlorothiophosphate · sugar phosphate · creatine phosphate · potassium titanyl phosphate · hexakisphosphate · disodium phosphate · phosphate bond · tetraphosphate · hexametaphosphate · glycerolphosphate · monopotassium phosphate · trithiophosphate · fructose 6-phosphate · phosphatize · sodium monofluorophosphate · selenophosphate · tetrakisphosphate · bisphosphate · halophosphate · tricalcium phosphate · thermophosphate · natrophosphate · ammonium phosphate · phosphatise · magnesium phosphate · glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency · metaphosphate · diphosphate · riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate · pentaphosphate · difluorophosphate · polyestradiol phosphate · triphosphate · phosphate acetyltransferase · carbamoyl phosphate · phosphatemia · organphosphate · cyclophosphate · creatinolfosfate · fluophosphate · diammonium phosphate · phosphated · adenosine phosphate · triosephosphateisomerase · hypophosphate · inositol phosphate · organophosphate · pyrophosphate · vanadious phosphate · cadmium phosphate · phosphate rock · sodium hexametaphosphate · ferric phosphate · glucose 6-phosphate · glucose-6-phosphate isomerase · alkyl phosphate · quadriphosphate · difluorothiophosphate · calcium dihydrogen phosphate · triphenylphosphate · superphosphate · sodium trimetaphosphate · sodium tripolyphosphate · hydrogen phosphate · phosphatization · sodium phosphate tribasic · monocalcium phosphate · phosphate glass · disodium hydrogen phosphate · phosphatian · dithiophosphate · paraphosphate · sodium phosphate · dihydrogen phosphate · orthophosphate · nonphosphate · nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate · aluminophosphate · oligophosphate · triose phosphate · sodium hydrogen phosphate · phosphoribosylpyrophosphate · uranium phosphate · dichlorophosphate · biphosphate · hexaphosphate · tetrathiophosphate · phosphate island · borophosphate · iron phosphate · phosphataemia · tributyl phosphate · aryldialkylphosphatase · phosphate butyryltransferase · isopropylphosphate · phosphated distarch phosphate · phosphatase · uranyl phosphate · phosphaturia · galactosephosphate · tricresyl phosphate · acylphosphate · boron phosphate · phosphatic · sodium aluminium phosphate · fosfestrol · silicophosphate · difluorodioxophosphate · hydroxypropyl starch phosphate · alkylglycerone phosphate synthase · ferrous phosphate · trisodium phosphate · trisphosphate · difluorodithiophosphate · fluorophosphate · chalcogenophosphate · ecothiopate · metrifonate · chlorophosphate · trialkylphosphate · inorganic phosphate · monophosphate · sodium dithiophosphate · decaphosphate · phosphagen · pentose phosphate pathway · thiophosphate · trisodium phosphate dodecahydrate · ribose 5-phosphate · pentakisphosphate · triosephosphate · polyphosphate · hydroxyphosphate · phosphatide · high energy phosphate · calcium phosphate · radiophosphate
Translations (35)
cs fosforečnan (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ba фосфат (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · el φωσφορικό άλας (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ja 燐酸塩 (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · kk фосфат (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · fi fosfaatti (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · eo fosfato (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · yi פֿאָספֿאַט (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · it fosfato (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · bg фосфат (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ca fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · cy ffosffad (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · sw fosfeti (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · az fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · oc fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · pt fosfato (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ga fosfáit (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · fr phosphate (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · uk фосфат (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · hu foszfát (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · es fosfato (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ro fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · mi pākawa tūtaewhetū (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · io fosfato (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ky фосфат (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · nb fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · nn fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · ru фосфа́т (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · cs fosfát (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · gl fosfato (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · de Phosphat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · sv fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · pl fosforan (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · cmn 磷酸鹽 /磷酸盐 (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) · da fosfat (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid)