From silicic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

• enPR: sĭʹlĭkət, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪkət/
• enPR: sĭʹlĭkĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪkɪt/
• enPR: sĭʹlĭkāt, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪkeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: sili‧cate

silicate (plural silicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.

   Hypernym: compound

   Hyponyms: aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate, aluminomagnesian silicate, aluminosilicate, bismuth silicate, borophosphosilicate, calcium magnesium silicate, cerous silicate, cyclosilicate, inosilicate, magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, neosilicate, orthosilicate, phosphosilicate, phyllosilicate, pyrosilicate, sodium silicate, sorosilicate, subsilicate, tectosilicate, titanosilicate

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• IPA^(key): /si.li.kat/

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silicate m (plural silicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) silicate

• “silicate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012