DictionaryRoot: -ate
French
-ate
chemical salt
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noun / adjective
carbonate
KAR-buh-nut/ˈkɑːrbənət/
A salt or ester of carbonic acid.
Etymology
The coal word supplied the name of the element carbon; carbonate then named a salt of carbonic acid. That acid-based naming connects the word to compounds containing the carbonate ion.