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acetic_acid

acetic acid

English

Noun

acetic acid ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the oxidation of ethanol; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.

Synonyms

E260 when used as a preservative
ethanoic acid, the systematic alternative name

Related terms

Translations

clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH

Catalan: àcid acètic m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 乙酸 ‎(jyut⁶ syun¹), 醋酸 ‎(cou³ syun¹)

Mandarin: 乙酸 (zh) ‎(yǐsuān), 醋酸 (zh) ‎(cùsuān)
Danish: eddikesyre (da) c
Dutch: azijnzuur (nl) n
Faroese: edikssýra f
Finnish: etikkahappo (fi)
French: acide acétique (fr) m
German: Essigsäure (de) f
Greek: οξικό οξύ n ‎(oxikó oxý)
Hindi: शुक्ताम्ल (hi) ‎(shuktaaml)
Irish: aigéad aicéiteach m

Italian: acido acetico (it) m
Japanese: 酢酸 (ja) ‎(さくさん, sakusan)
Latvian: etiķskābe (lv) f
Marathi: शुक्ताम्ल ‎(shuktaaml)
Nepali: शुक्ताम्ल ‎(shuktaaml)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: eddiksyre m, f

Nynorsk: eddiksyre f
Portuguese: ácido acético m
Russian: у́ксусная кислота́ (ru) f ‎(úksusnaja kislotá)
Spanish: ácido acético (es) m
Swedish: ättiksyra (sv) c, etansyra (sv)
Turkish: asetik asit (tr)

External links

acetic acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia