fluorinate

fluor·i·nate

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [floo r-uh-neyt, flawr-, flohr-]
- /ˈflʊər əˌneɪt, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/
- /flˈʊərɪnˌeɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [floo r-uh-neyt, flawr-, flohr-]
- /ˈflʊər əˌneɪt, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/

Definitions of fluorinate word

verb with object fluorinate to treat or combine with fluorine. 1
noun fluorinate Introduce fluorine into (a compound). 1
verb fluorinate to treat or combine with fluorine 0
verb transitive fluorinate to introduce fluorine into or cause to combine with fluorine 0
abbreviation FLUORINATE fluoridate 0

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Origin of fluorinate

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35; fluorine + -ate1

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Parts of speech for Fluorinate

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

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fluorinate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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