"butyric acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butyric acids [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βούτυρος (boúturos, “butter”), from which it can be isolated. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|βούτυρος||butter}} Ancient Greek βούτυρος (boúturos, “butter”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} butyric acid (plural butyric acids)
  1. (organic chemistry) Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₇COOH, occurring in animal milk fat. Categories (topical): Fatty acids
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  2. (organic chemistry) Solely the straight chain isomer of the above, normal butyric acid or n-butyric acid, CH₃(CH₂)₂COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principle components of the flavour of butter. Categories (topical): Fatty acids
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: butanoic acid Derived forms: but-, butyrate, hydroxybutyric acid, phenibut, phenobutiodil Translations (normal butyric acid): kyselina máselná [feminine] (Czech), smørsýra [feminine] (Faroese), voihappo (Finnish), butaanihappo (Finnish), acide butyrique [masculine] (French), Buttersäure (German), βουτυρικό οξύ (voutyrikó oxý) [neuter] (Greek), vajsav (Hungarian), acido butirrico [masculine] (Italian), 酪酸 (rakusan) (Japanese), май қышқылы (mai qyşqyly) (Kazakh), sviestskābe [feminine] (Latvian), بوتیریک اسید (butirik asid) (Persian), kwas masłowy [masculine] (Polish), acid butiric [masculine] (Romanian), ма́сляная кислота́ (másljanaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), smörsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), butansyra (Swedish), ма́сляна кислота́ (másljana kyslotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'normal butyric acid': 51 49

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "másljanaja kislotá",
      "sense": "normal butyric acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сляная кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "normal butyric acid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smörsyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "normal butyric acid",
      "word": "butansyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "másljana kyslotá",
      "sense": "normal butyric acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сляна кислота́"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "butyric acid"
  ],
  "word": "butyric acid"
}

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