"benzoic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: benzoic acids [plural]
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  1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline organic acid, C₆H₅COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications. Wikipedia link: benzoic acid Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carboxylic acids Synonyms: E210 when used as a preservative Translations (white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH): àcid benzoic [masculine] (Catalan), 苯甲酸 (běn jiǎ suān) (Chinese Mandarin), 安息香酸 (ān xī xiāng suān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina benzoová [feminine] (Czech), benzoesyre [common-gender] (Danish), benzoëzuur [neuter] (Dutch), benzeencarbonzuur [neuter] (Dutch), bentsoehappo (Finnish), acide benzoïque (French), ácido benzoico [masculine] (Galician), Benzoesäure [feminine] (German), benzoesav (Hungarian), asam benzoat (Indonesian), aigéad beansóch [masculine] (Irish), aigéad beinséancarbocsaileach [masculine] (Irish), acido benzoico [masculine] (Italian), 安息香酸 (ansokukōsan) (Japanese), benzosyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), benzosyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), benzoes [masculine] (Polish), kwas benzoesowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido benzoico [masculine] (Portuguese), acid benzoic [masculine] (Romanian), бензо́йная кислота́ (benzójnaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), ácido benzoico [masculine] (Spanish), bensoesyra [common-gender] (Swedish), benzoik asit (Turkish)
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "benzójnaja kislotá",
      "sense": "white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бензо́йная кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido benzoico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bensoesyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH",
      "word": "benzoik asit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "benzoic acid"
}

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