solvate

Other forms of solvate

plural

solvates·

past tense

solvated·

present participle

solvating·

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 solvate

What does solvate mean?

solvate means "cause a solvation in (a substance)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in solvate?

solvate has 2 syllables and divides as sol-vate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is solvate a common word?

solvate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.