different between phosphate vs fluorapatite

English

Etymology

From French phosphate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?sfe?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?sfe?t/

Noun

phosphate (plural phosphates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
2. (agriculture) Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds.
3. Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry).
4. (US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

phosphate (third-person singular simple present phosphates, present participle phosphating, simple past and past participle phosphated)

1. To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

Translations

French

Etymology

phosphore +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s.fat/

Noun

phosphate m (plural phosphates)

1. phosphate

Descendants

• ? English: phosphate

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl????æp?ta?t/

Noun

fluorapatite (plural fluorapatites)

1. (mineralogy) A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Fluorapatite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “fluorapatite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Italian

Noun

fluorapatite f (plural fluorapatiti)

1. (mineralogy) fluorapatite