"malic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} malic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Carboxylic acids Synonyms: E296 when used as an acidity regulator, acid of apples [obsolete] Translations (the organic acid): حَمْض التُّفَّاح (ḥamḍ at-tuffāḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), я́блычная кіслата́ (jáblyčnaja kislatá) [feminine] (Belarusian), я́бълчена киселина́ (jábǎlčena kiseliná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), àcid màlic [masculine] (Catalan), 蘋果酸 (Chinese Mandarin), 苹果酸 (píngguǒsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina jablečná [feminine] (Czech), appelzuur [neuter] (Dutch), õunhape (Estonian), omenahappo (Finnish), acide malique [masculine] (French), Äpfelsäure [feminine] (German), almasav (Hungarian), リンゴ酸 (ringosan) (alt: リンゴさん) (Japanese), 林檎酸 (ringosan) (alt: りんごさん) (Japanese), 말산 (malsan) (Korean), 사과산 (sagwasan) (Korean), ābolskābe [masculine] (Latvian), јаболкова киселина (jabolkova kiselina) [feminine] (Macedonian), kwas jabłkowy [masculine] (Polish), acid malic [masculine] (Romanian), я́блочная кислота́ (jábločnaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), оксиянта́рная кислота́ (oksijantárnaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), јабучна киселина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jabučna kiselina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kyselina jablčná [feminine] (Slovak), jabolčna kislina [feminine] (Slovene), ácido málico [masculine] (Spanish), äppelsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), äpplesyra [common-gender] (Swedish), malik asit (Turkish), я́блучна кислота́ (jáblučna kyslotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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