Word: tellurometallate
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: te
llur
o
me
ta
llate
Definition: Any metallate containing tellurium as ligand.
Morphemes:
Affix: telluro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: tellurium; a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Affix: metal
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: metallum
Language: la
Decoded: metallum
Meaning: metal, mine, quarry, mineral
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic