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cyanate

cyanate noun: any salt or ester of cyanic acid.

Noun

cyanate (plural cyanates)

  1. Any salt or ester of cyanic acid.

Verb

cyanate (third-person singular simple present cyanates, present participle cyanating, simple past and past participle cyanated)

  1. To treat or react with cyanide.

cyanate meaning in Tamil

cyanate in Tamil

சயனேற்று

Forms of cyanate

Noun
pluralcyanates
Verb
third-person singular presentcyanates
present participlecyanating
past participlecyanated
pastcyanated

Origin of cyanate

From cyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

From cyan(ide) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from cyanate

Questions about cyanate

What does cyanate mean?
Cyanate means any salt or ester of cyanic acid.
What is cyanate in Tamil?
Cyanate in Tamil is சயனேற்று. See Cyanate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cyanate?
Cyanate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cyanate?
The plural of cyanate is cyanates.

Words near cyanate in the dictionary

  1. cyanamide
  2. cyanamides
  3. cyanamids
  4. cyanase
  5. cyanases
  6. cyanate
  7. cyanated
  8. cyanates
  9. cyanation
  10. cyanations
  11. cyanato

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