acetic acid

English

Noun

acetic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the oxidation of ethanol; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.

Synonyms

E260 when used as a preservative
ethanoic acid, the systematic alternative name

Related terms

Translations

clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH

Catalan: àcid acètic m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 乙酸 (jyut⁶ syun¹), 醋酸 (cou³ syun¹)

Mandarin: 乙酸 (zh) (yǐsuān), 醋酸 (zh) (cùsuān)
Danish: eddikesyre (da) c
Dutch: azijnzuur (nl) n
Faroese: edikssýra f
Finnish: etikkahappo (fi)
French: acide acétique (fr) m
German: Essigsäure (de) f
Greek: οξικό οξύ n (oxikó oxý)
Gujarati: શુક્તામ્લ (śuktāmla)
Hindi: शुक्ताम्ल (hi) (śuktāmla)
Hungarian: ecetsav (hu)
Irish: aigéad aicéiteach m
Italian: acido acetico (it) m

Japanese: 酢酸 (ja) (さくさん, sakusan)
Latvian: etiķskābe (lv) f
Maori: waikawa winika
Marathi: शुक्ताम्ल (śuktāmla)
Mongolian: цууны хүчил (tsuuny hüčil)
Nepali: शुक्ताम्ल (śuktāmla)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eddiksyre m, f

Nynorsk: eddiksyre f
Polish: kwas octowy (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido acético m
Russian: у́ксусная кислота́ (ru) f (úksusnaja kislotá)
Spanish: ácido acético (es) m
Swedish: ättiksyra (sv) c, etansyra (sv)
Turkish: asetik asit (tr)
Vietnamese: axit axetic

Further reading

acetic acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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