-oate
noun suffix
-o·ate
əˌwāt,
usually -āt+V
plural -s
: salt or ester of a carboxylic acid with a name ending in -oic
caproate
octanoate
Word History
Etymology
-oic + -ate
- inessives
- inest
- inestimabilities
- inestimability
- inestimable
- inestimablenesses
- inestimably
- ineuphonious
- inevaporable
- inevasible
- inevident
- inevitabilities
- inevitability
- inevitable
- inevitableness
- inevitablenesses
- inevitables
- inevitably
- inexact
- inexactitude
- inexactitudes
- inexactly
- inexactness
- inexactnesses
- inexcusabilities