"ethanol" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-ethanol.ogg [General-American] Forms: ethanols [plural]
Etymology: Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane + -ol. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ethyl}} ethyl, {{m|en|alcohol}} alcohol, {{m|en||Ethyl}} Ethyl, {{uder|en|grc|αἰθήρ||ether}} Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), {{m|de|Äthyl}} Äthyl, {{suffix|en|ethane|ol}} ethane + -ol Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ethanol (usually uncountable, plural ethanols)
  1. (organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms (simple aliphatic alcohol): alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylol, EtOH, monohydroxyethane, grain alcohol, methylcarbinol, E1510 Hyponyms (simple aliphatic alcohol): NGS (english: neutral grain spirit), GNS (english: grain neutral spirit), GS (english: grain spirit), NS (english: neutral spirit), rectified spirit, neutral alcohol Translations (simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH): etanol (Afrikaans), إِيثَانُول (ʔiṯānūl) [masculine] (Arabic), е́танол (étanol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), etanol (Catalan), 乙醇 (jyut⁶ seon⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 乙醇 (yǐchún) (Chinese Mandarin), etanol [masculine] (Czech), ethanol [masculine] (Czech), ethylalkohol [masculine] (Czech), ætanol [common-gender] (Danish), ethanol [common-gender] (Danish), etanolo (Esperanto), etanoli (Finnish), éthanol [masculine] (French), Ethanol [neuter] (German), Äthanol [neuter] (German), αιθανόλη (aithanóli) [feminine] (Greek), αιθυλική αλκοόλη (aithylikí alkoóli) [feminine] (Greek), οινόπνευμα (oinópnevma) [neuter] (Greek), אֶתָנוֹל (etanól) [masculine] (Hebrew), दक्षिन्यव (dakṣinyav) (Hindi), etanol (Hungarian), etanolo (Ido), etanol (Indonesian), etanolo [masculine] (Italian), エタノール (etanōru) (Japanese), 에타놀 (etanol) (Korean), etanol [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), etanol [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اتانول (etânol) (Persian), alkohol etylowy [masculine] (Polish), etanol [masculine] (Polish), etanol [masculine] (Portuguese), álcool etílico [masculine] (Portuguese), этано́л (etanól) [masculine] (Russian), етанол [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), etanol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), etanol [masculine] (Spanish), etanol [common-gender] (Swedish), เอทานอล (Thai), เอทิลแอลกอฮอล์ (Thai), etanol (Turkish), етано́л (etanól) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ви́нний спирт (výnnyj spyrt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ети́ловий спирт (etýlovyj spyrt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), دکشنیو (dakṣinyav) (Urdu), cồn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ethanol-en-noun-JQin0lmb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ol, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ol: 83 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 87 13 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'simple aliphatic alcohol': 88 12 Disambiguation of 'simple aliphatic alcohol': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH': 92 8
  2. Specifically, this alcohol as a fuel. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-ethanol-en-noun-QsqNp-Dj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bioethanol

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39",
          "text": "In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually."
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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms suffixed with -ol",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English undefined derivations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bioethanol"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ethyl"
      },
      "expansion": "ethyl",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "alcohol"
      },
      "expansion": "alcohol",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Ethyl"
      },
      "expansion": "Ethyl",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "αἰθήρ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ether"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Äthyl"
      },
      "expansion": "Äthyl",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ethane",
        "3": "ol"
      },
      "expansion": "ethane + -ol",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane + -ol.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ethanols",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "ethanol (usually uncountable, plural ethanols)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "english": "neutral grain spirit",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "NGS"
    },
    {
      "english": "grain neutral spirit",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "GNS"
    },
    {
      "english": "grain spirit",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "GS"
    },
    {
      "english": "neutral spirit",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "NS"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "rectified spirit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "neutral alcohol"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Organic compounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "aliphatic",
          "aliphatic"
        ],
        [
          "alcohol",
          "alcohol"
        ],
        [
          "ethane",
          "ethane"
        ],
        [
          "hydrogen",
          "hydrogen"
        ],
        [
          "hydroxyl",
          "hydroxyl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39",
          "text": "In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Specifically, this alcohol as a fuel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fuel",
          "fuel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-ethanol.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-us-ethanol.ogg/En-us-ethanol.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-us-ethanol.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "alcohol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "ethyl alcohol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "ethyl hydrate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "ethyl hydroxide"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "ethylol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "EtOH"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "monohydroxyethane"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "grain alcohol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "methylcarbinol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol",
      "word": "E1510"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiṯānūl",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِيثَانُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "étanol",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "е́танол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyut⁶ seon⁴",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "乙醇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐchún",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "乙醇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ethanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ethylalkohol"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ætanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ethanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éthanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ethanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Äthanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aithanóli",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αιθανόλη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aithylikí alkoóli",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αιθυλική αλκοόλη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oinópnevma",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "οινόπνευμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "etanól",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אֶתָנוֹל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dakṣinyav",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "दक्षिन्यव"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "etanōru",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "エタノール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "etanol",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "에타놀"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "etânol",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "اتانول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alkohol etylowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álcool etílico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etanól",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "этано́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "етанол"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "เอทานอล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "เอทิลแอลกอฮอล์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "etanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "etanól",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "етано́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výnnyj spyrt",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́нний спирт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "etýlovyj spyrt",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ети́ловий спирт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dakṣinyav",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "دکشنیو"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH",
      "word": "cồn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ethanol"
  ],
  "word": "ethanol"
}

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