barbiturate

Other forms of barbiturate

plural

barbiturates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about barbiturate

What does barbiturate mean?

barbiturate means "organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal".

How many syllables are in barbiturate?

barbiturate has 4 syllables: bar-bit-u-rate. The stress falls on "bit". In IPA it is /bɑɹˈbɪtʃɚət/.

Is barbiturate a common word?

barbiturate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.