"acetate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/ Audio: en-us-acetate.ogg Forms: acetates [plural]
Etymology: Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) ( + -ate), from aceō (“I am sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|acētum||vinegar}} Latin acētum (“vinegar”), {{suffix|en||ate}} + -ate, {{surf|en|acet-|-ate}} By surface analysis, acet- + -ate Head templates: {{en-noun}} acetate (plural acetates)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any ester or salt of acetic acid. Wikidata QID: Q212527 Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Synonyms: ethanoate Translations (salt or ester of acetic acid): ацетат (acetat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), acetat [masculine] (Catalan), 醋酸鹽 (Chinese Cantonese), 醋酸盐 (cou³ syun¹ jim⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 乙酸鹽 (Chinese Cantonese), 乙酸盐 (jyut³ syun¹ jim⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 醋酸鹽 (Chinese Mandarin), 醋酸盐 (cùsuānyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 乙酸鹽 (Chinese Mandarin), 乙酸盐 (yǐsuānyán) (Chinese Mandarin), acetát [masculine] (Czech), acetaat [neuter] (Dutch), asetaatti (Finnish), acétate [masculine] (French), Azetat [neuter] (German), Acetat [neuter] (German), शुक्त (śukt) (Hindi), acetát (Hungarian), asetat (Indonesian), aicéatáit [feminine] (Irish), acetato [masculine] (Italian), アセテート (asetēto) (Japanese), 酢酸塩 (sakusan'en) (alt: さくさんえん) (Japanese), asetat (Malay), acetat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), octan [neuter] (Polish), acetat [masculine] (Polish), acetato [masculine] (Portuguese), acetat [masculine] (Romanian), ацета́т (acetát) [masculine] (Russian), ацѐта̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), acètāt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), acetato [masculine] (Spanish), acetat [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-acetate-en-noun-en:Q212527 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with acet- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acet-: 16 31 22 31 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'salt or ester of acetic acid': 95 3 2 1
  2. Cellulose acetate.
    Sense id: en-acetate-en-noun-fzEFP1~W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with acet-, English terms suffixed with -ate, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 47 19 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acet-: 16 31 22 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 14 41 20 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 53 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 9 47 19 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 49 18 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 53 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 47 19 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 50 18 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 44 18 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 47 19 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 10 46 19 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 42 19 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 48 18 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 48 18 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 48 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 48 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 9 48 18 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 46 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 53 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 47 18 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 48 18 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 53 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 48 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 9 48 18 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 47 19 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 49 18 24
  3. A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic. Translations (transparent overlay sheet): transparència [feminine] (Catalan), kalvo (Finnish), tréshoilseán [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-acetate-en-noun-Pt0AELvD Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with acet- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acet-: 16 31 22 31 Disambiguation of 'transparent overlay sheet': 9 8 77 6
  4. In full acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record. Translations (aluminium disc covered in wax): pikalevy (Finnish), lakkalevy (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acetate-en-noun-Kaq-wfix Categories (other): English terms prefixed with acet- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acet-: 16 31 22 31 Disambiguation of 'aluminium disc covered in wax': 2 1 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: acetic acid (english: coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "salt or ester of acetic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acetato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "salt or ester of acetic acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "acetat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transparent overlay sheet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "transparència"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transparent overlay sheet",
      "word": "kalvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "transparent overlay sheet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tréshoilseán"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "aluminium disc covered in wax",
      "word": "pikalevy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "aluminium disc covered in wax",
      "word": "lakkalevy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acetate"
}

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