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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} acetic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Carboxylic acids, Fatty acids Synonyms: E260 when used as a preservative, ethanoic acid, the systematic alternative name Related terms: acetic anhydride, acetaldehyde, acetylsalicylic acid, glacial acetic acid Coordinate_terms: acetate (english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution) Translations (clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH): àcid acètic [masculine] (Catalan), 乙酸 (jyut⁶ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 醋酸 (cou³ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 乙酸 (yǐsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 醋酸 (cùsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), eddikesyre [common-gender] (Danish), azijnzuur [neuter] (Dutch), edikssýra [feminine] (Faroese), etikkahappo (Finnish), acide acétique [masculine] (French), Essigsäure [feminine] (German), Ethansäure [feminine] (German), οξικό οξύ (oxikó oxý) [neuter] (Greek), શુક્તામ્લ (śuktāmla) (Gujarati), शुक्ताम्ल (śuktāmla) (Hindi), ecetsav (Hungarian), asam cuka (Indonesian), asam asetat (Indonesian), aigéad aicéiteach [masculine] (Irish), acido acetico [masculine] (Italian), 酢酸 (sakusan) (alt: さくさん) (Japanese), asem cuka (Javanese), etiķskābe [feminine] (Latvian), оцетна киселина (ocetna kiselina) [feminine] (Macedonian), asid asetik (Malay), waikawa winika (Maori), शुक्ताम्ल (śuktāmla) (Marathi), цууны хүчил (cuuny xüčil) (Mongolian), शुक्ताम्ल (śuktāmla) (Nepali), eddiksyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eddiksyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), استیک اسید (asetik asid) (Persian), kwas octowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido acético [masculine] (Portuguese), acid acetic [masculine] (Romanian), у́ксусная кислота́ (úksusnaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), ácido acético [masculine] (Spanish), ättiksyra [common-gender] (Swedish), etansyra (Swedish), asetik asit (Turkish), axit axetic (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-acetic_acid-en-noun-wBYHXRlV Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Hindi terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Marathi terms with redundant script codes, Nepali terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati 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 Javanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Nepali translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Derived forms: bromoacetic acid, cetirizine, etacrynic acid, glacial acetic acid, haloacetic acid, iminoacetic acid, indometacin, iodoacetic acid, naphthaleneacetic acid, oxaloacetic acid, peracetic acid, thioacetic acid

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      "word": "indometacin"
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      "word": "iodoacetic acid"
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      "word": "naphthaleneacetic acid"
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      "word": "acetic anhydride"
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      "word": "acetaldehyde"
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      "word": "acetylsalicylic acid"
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      "word": "glacial acetic acid"
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        "A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar."
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        "(organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "E260 when used as a preservative"
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    {
      "word": "ethanoic acid"
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      "word": "the systematic alternative name"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àcid acètic"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyut⁶ syun¹",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "乙酸"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "cou³ syun¹",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "醋酸"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐsuān",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "乙酸"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cùsuān",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "醋酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eddikesyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "azijnzuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "edikssýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "etikkahappo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acide acétique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Essigsäure"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ethansäure"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oxikó oxý",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "οξικό οξύ"
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    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "śuktāmla",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "શુક્તામ્લ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śuktāmla",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "शुक्ताम्ल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "ecetsav"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "asam cuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "asam asetat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aigéad aicéiteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acido acetico"
    },
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      "alt": "さくさん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakusan",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "酢酸"
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      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "asem cuka"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "etiķskābe"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ocetna kiselina",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "asid asetik"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "waikawa winika"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śuktāmla",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "शुक्ताम्ल"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cuuny xüčil",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "цууны хүчил"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "śuktāmla",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "शुक्ताम्ल"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eddiksyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eddiksyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "asetik asid",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "استیک اسید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwas octowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido acético"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acid acetic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úksusnaja kislotá",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́ксусная кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido acético"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ättiksyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "etansyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "asetik asit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH",
      "word": "axit axetic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acetic acid"
}

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