acetate
English
noun
Definitions
- (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
- cellulose Cellulose acetate.
- A transparent sheet used for overlays.
- a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acētum (vinegar, sour wine, wine-vinegar, vinager).
Origin
Latin
acētum
Gloss
vinegar, sour wine, wine-vinegar, vinager
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
酢
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acetated English
- acetatelyase English
- acetoacetate English
- acetract English
- acetyl English
- amphoacetate English
- bromoacetate English
- butyl English
- butylacetate English
- chloro- English
- chloroacetate English
- cyanoacetate English
- diacetate English
- fluoroacetate English
- iodoacetate English
- isocyanoacetate English
- lyase English
- monoacetate English
- monoiodoacetate English
- nonacetate English
- octaacetate English
- orthoacetate English
- oxaloacetate English
- oxoacetate English
- para- English
- parachlorophenoxyacetate English
- pentaacetate English
- peracetate English
- phenoxy English
- subacetate English
- tetraacetate English
- thioacetate English
- triacetate English
- undecaacetate English
- *acētillum Latin
- acetabulum Latin
- acetaria Latin
- acetosus Latin
- acētum Latin
- acētāria Latin
- aceto Italian
- acétylène French
- acedo Spanish, Castilian
- acetificar Spanish, Castilian
- ὕλη Ancient Greek
- *aḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- ättika Swedish
- æced Old English
- aicéatáit Irish
- acetone Danish
- *ocьtъ Proto-Slavic
- acètic Catalan, Valencian
- aceda Galician
- edic Middle Dutch
- edik Middle Dutch
- ezzih Old High German
- aigéd Old Irish
- 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄 Gothic
- azedo Old Portuguese
- etik Middle Low German
- *akēō Proto-Italic
- aschaid Romansh
- aschieu Romansh
- ischia Romansh
- ischieu Romansh
- ischiu Romansh
- asêt Friulian
- jittik Western Frisian
- acitu Sicilian
- axedo Venetian
- acait Dalmatian
- azì Istriot
- para-
- lyase
- butyl
- acetyl
- chloro-
- phenoxy
- acetract
- acetated
- diacetate
- peracetate
- triacetate
- subacetate
- oxoacetate
- nonacetate
- monoacetate
- octaacetate
- thioacetate
- iodoacetate
- amphoacetate
- acetoacetate
- oxaloacetate
- orthoacetate
- butylacetate
- cyanoacetate
- acetatelyase
- bromoacetate
- tetraacetate
- pentaacetate
- chloroacetate
- undecaacetate
- fluoroacetate
- isocyanoacetate
- monoiodoacetate
- parachlorophenoxyacetate