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citric_acid

citric acid

English

Noun

citric acid ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates.

Synonyms

E330 when used as an antioxidant

Related terms

citric acid cycle

Translations

2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇

Catalan: àcid cítric m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 檸檬酸 (zh), 柠檬酸 (zh) ‎(níngméngsuān)
Danish: citronsyre c
Finnish: sitruunahappo (fi)
French: acide citrique (fr) m
Galician: ácido cítrico (gl) m
German: Zitronensäure (de), Citronensäure (de) f
Greek: κιτρικό οξύ n ‎(kitrikó oxý)
Hungarian: citromsav (hu)
Icelandic: sítrónusýra f
Indonesian: asam sitrat (id)
Irish: aigéad citreach m
Italian: acido citrico
Japanese: クエン酸 ‎(kuen-san), 枸櫞酸 ‎(kuen-san)

Malay: asid sitrik
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sitronsyre (no) m, f

Nynorsk: sitronsyre f
Portuguese: ácido cítrico m
Romanian: acid citric (ro) m
Russian: лимо́нная кислота́ f ‎(limónnaja kislotá)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ли̏мӯнска̄ киселѝна f

Roman: lȉmūnskā kiselìna f
Spanish: ácido cítrico
Swedish: citronsyra (sv) c
Telugu: సిట్రిక్ ఆమ్లం ‎(siṭrik āmlaṃ)
Thai: กรดซิตริก, กรดมะนาว