"fatty acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fatty acids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fatty acid (plural fatty acids)
  1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats. Wikipedia link: fatty acid Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Carboxylic acids, Fatty acids, Organic chemistry Synonyms: fatty acid Hypernyms: carboxylic acid, acid Translations (acid): тлу́стая кіслата́ (tlústaja kislatá) [feminine] (Belarusian), ма́стна киселина́ (mástna kiseliná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), àcid gras [masculine] (Catalan), 脂肪酸 (chi-hông-sng, chí-hông-sng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 脂肪酸 (zi¹ fong¹ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 脂肪酸 (zhīfángsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 脂酸 (zhīsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), mastná kyselina [feminine] (Czech), fedtsyre [common-gender] (Danish), vetzuur [neuter] (Dutch), fitisýra [feminine] (Faroese), rasvahappo (Finnish), acide gras [masculine] (French), ácido graxo [masculine] (Galician), Fettsäure [feminine] (German), λιπαρό οξύ (liparó oxý) [neuter] (Greek), वसीय अम्ल (vasīya amla) (Hindi), zsírsav (Hungarian), fitusýra [feminine] (Icelandic), asam lemak (Indonesian), aigéad sailleach [masculine] (Irish), acido grasso (Italian), 脂肪酸 (shibōsan) (alt: しぼうさん) (Japanese), ꦲꦱꦩ꧀ꦊꦩꦏ꧀ (asam lemak) (Javanese), ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನ ಆಮ್ಲ (kobbina āmla) (Kannada), майлы қышқыл (maily qyşqyl) (Kazakh), អាស៊ីតខ្លាញ់ (ʼaasiit khlañ) (Khmer), 지방산 (jibangsan) (alt: 脂肪酸) (Korean), taukskābe [feminine] (Latvian), масна киселина (masna kiselina) [feminine] (Macedonian), waikawa ngako (Maori), asîda çewrî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), fettsyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), feittsyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kwas tłuszczowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido graxo [masculine] (Portuguese), acid gras [masculine] (Romanian), жи́рная кислота́ (žírnaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), ма̑сна̄ киселѝна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȃsnā kiselìna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ácido graso [masculine] (Spanish), ᮃᮞᮙ᮪ ᮜᮨᮙᮊ᮪ (asam lemak) (Sundanese), fettsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), கொழுப்பு அமிலம் (koḻuppu amilam) (Tamil), กรดไขมัน (gròt-kǎi-man) (Thai), yağ asidi (Turkish), жи́рна кислота́ (žýrna kyslotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), asid brasterog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fatty_acid-en-noun--dYmhuHy Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Javanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Kannada terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes, Sundanese terms with redundant transliterations Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Hyponyms: essential fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid, 10-undecenoic acid, arachidic acid, butyric acid, capric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, cerotic acid, decanoic acid, isobutyric acid, nervonic acid, octadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, ricinoleic acid, stearate, stearic acid, undecylenic acid Related terms: acetic acid - C2, butyric acid - C4, caproic acid - C6, caprylic acid - C8, capric acid - C10, lauric acid - C12, myristic acid - C14, palmitic acid - C16, stearic acid - C18, arachidic acid - C20, obtusilic acid, caproleic acid (english: C10 unsaturated), lauroleic acid, linderic acid (english: C12 unsaturated), myristoleic acid, physeteric acid, tsuzuic acid (english: C14 unsaturated), palmitoleic acid (english: C16 unsaturated), petroselinic acid, oleic acid, vaccenic acid (english: C18 unsaturated), gadoleic acid, gondoic acid (english: C20 unsaturated), cetoleic acid, erucic acid (english: C22 unsaturated), nervonic acid (english: C24 unsaturated), elaidic acid (english: C18 trans-unsaturated), linoleic acid - C18 diunsaturated, linolenic acid (english: C18 polyunsaturated), arachidonic acid (english: C20 polyunsaturated), :Category:Fatty acids

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          "sense": "acid",
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          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "acid",
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "fitisýra"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "rasvahappo"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "acide gras"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ácido graxo"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fettsäure"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "liparó oxý",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "λιπαρό οξύ"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vasīya amla",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "वसीय अम्ल"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "zsírsav"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "fitusýra"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "asam lemak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aigéad sailleach"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "acido grasso"
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          "alt": "しぼうさん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shibōsan",
          "sense": "acid",
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          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "roman": "asam lemak",
          "sense": "acid",
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          "code": "kn",
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          "roman": "kobbina āmla",
          "sense": "acid",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "maily qyşqyl",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "майлы қышқыл"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaasiit khlañ",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "អាស៊ីតខ្លាញ់"
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          "alt": "脂肪酸",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jibangsan",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "지방산"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "asîda çewrî"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "taukskābe"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "masna kiselina",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "масна киселина"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "waikawa ngako"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "fettsyre"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "feittsyre"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "kwas tłuszczowy"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ácido graxo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acid gras"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žírnaja kislotá",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жи́рная кислота́"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ма̑сна̄ киселѝна"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "mȃsnā kiselìna"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ácido graso"
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        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "roman": "asam lemak",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "ᮃᮞᮙ᮪ ᮜᮨᮙᮊ᮪"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fettsyra"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "koḻuppu amilam",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "கொழுப்பு அமிலம்"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gròt-kǎi-man",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "กรดไขมัน"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "acid",
          "word": "yağ asidi"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žýrna kyslotá",
          "sense": "acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жи́рна кислота́"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "acid",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asid brasterog"
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      ]
    }
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}
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "10-undecenoic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "arachidic acid"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "butyric acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "capric acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "caproic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "caprylic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "cerotic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "decanoic acid"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "isobutyric acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "nervonic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "octadecanoic acid"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "palmitic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "palmitoleic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
      "word": "ricinoleic acid"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fatty acid",
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      "word": "acetic acid - C2"
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    {
      "word": "butyric acid - C4"
    },
    {
      "word": "caproic acid - C6"
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    {
      "word": "caprylic acid - C8"
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      "word": "capric acid - C10"
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      "word": "lauric acid - C12"
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      "word": "myristic acid - C14"
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      "word": "palmitic acid - C16"
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      "word": "stearic acid - C18"
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      "word": "arachidic acid - C20"
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      "word": "obtusilic acid"
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      "english": "C10 unsaturated",
      "word": "caproleic acid"
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      "word": "lauroleic acid"
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      "english": "C12 unsaturated",
      "word": "linderic acid"
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    {
      "word": "myristoleic acid"
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      "word": "physeteric acid"
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      "english": "C14 unsaturated",
      "word": "tsuzuic acid"
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      "english": "C16 unsaturated",
      "word": "palmitoleic acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "petroselinic acid"
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      "word": "oleic acid"
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      "english": "C18 unsaturated",
      "word": "vaccenic acid"
    },
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      "word": "gadoleic acid"
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    {
      "english": "C20 unsaturated",
      "word": "gondoic acid"
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    {
      "word": "cetoleic acid"
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      "english": "C22 unsaturated",
      "word": "erucic acid"
    },
    {
      "english": "C24 unsaturated",
      "word": "nervonic acid"
    },
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      "english": "C18 trans-unsaturated",
      "word": "elaidic acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "linoleic acid - C18 diunsaturated"
    },
    {
      "english": "C18 polyunsaturated",
      "word": "linolenic acid"
    },
    {
      "english": "C20 polyunsaturated",
      "word": "arachidonic acid"
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        "Javanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        "Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats."
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        "(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats."
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tlústaja kislatá",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тлу́стая кіслата́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mástna kiseliná",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́стна киселина́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àcid gras"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi¹ fong¹ syun¹",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "脂肪酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chi-hông-sng, chí-hông-sng",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "脂肪酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīfángsuān",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "脂肪酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīsuān",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "脂酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mastná kyselina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fedtsyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vetzuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fitisýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "rasvahappo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acide gras"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido graxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fettsäure"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "liparó oxý",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λιπαρό οξύ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vasīya amla",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "वसीय अम्ल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "zsírsav"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fitusýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "asam lemak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aigéad sailleach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "acido grasso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しぼうさん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shibōsan",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "脂肪酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "roman": "asam lemak",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "ꦲꦱꦩ꧀ꦊꦩꦏ꧀"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kobbina āmla",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನ ಆಮ್ಲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "maily qyşqyl",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "майлы қышқыл"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaasiit khlañ",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "អាស៊ីតខ្លាញ់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "脂肪酸",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jibangsan",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "지방산"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asîda çewrî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taukskābe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "masna kiselina",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "масна киселина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "waikawa ngako"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fettsyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feittsyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwas tłuszczowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido graxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acid gras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žírnaja kislotá",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жи́рная кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма̑сна̄ киселѝна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mȃsnā kiselìna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido graso"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "roman": "asam lemak",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "ᮃᮞᮙ᮪ ᮜᮨᮙᮊ᮪"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fettsyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "koḻuppu amilam",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "கொழுப்பு அமிலம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gròt-kǎi-man",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "กรดไขมัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "acid",
      "word": "yağ asidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žýrna kyslotá",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жи́рна кислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asid brasterog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fatty acid"
}

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