different between oxalic vs oxalate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French oxalique, from Oxalis (“the sorrel plant”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?sæl?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?sæl?k/

Adjective

oxalic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
2. (medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to oxaluria.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French oxalique

Adjective

oxalic m or n (feminine singular oxalic?, masculine plural oxalici, feminine and neuter plural oxalice)

1. oxalic

Declension

English

Etymology

oxalic +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ks?le?t/

Noun

oxalate (plural oxalates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

oxalate (third-person singular simple present oxalates, present participle oxalating, simple past and past participle oxalated)

1. To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.

French

Noun

oxalate m (plural oxalates)

1. oxalate

Further reading

• “oxalate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).