acetileno

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atsetiˈleno/
• Hyphenation: ac‧et‧i‧le‧no

Noun

acetileno (accusative singular acetilenon, plural acetilenoj, accusative plural acetilenojn)

1. (organic chemistry) acetylene

Alternative forms

• acetyleno (obsolete)

Etymology

From French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl, from Latin acētum (“vinegar”) (from aceō (“to be sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱ- (“sharp”)) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“juice, liquid”)).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˌse.t͡ʃi.ˈle.no/

Noun

acetileno m (plural acetilenos)

1. (organic chemistry) acetylene

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aθetiˈleno/, [aθet̪iˈleno]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /asetiˈleno/, [aset̪iˈleno]

Noun

acetileno m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) acetylene

Further reading

• “acetileno” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.