acetate

See also: Acetate, acétate, and aĉetate

English

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) ( +‎ -ate), from aceō (“I am sour”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

acetate (plural acetates)

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
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.

Synonyms

(salt or ester of acetic acid): ethanoate

Derived terms

Translations

salt or ester of acetic acid

Bulgarian: ацетат m (acetat)
Catalan: acetat m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 醋酸鹽, 醋酸盐 (cou³ syun¹ jim⁴), 乙酸鹽, 乙酸盐 (jyut³ syun¹ jim⁴)

Mandarin: 醋酸鹽 (zh), 醋酸盐 (zh) (cùsuānyán), 乙酸鹽 (zh), 乙酸盐 (zh) (yǐsuānyán)
Czech: acetát m
Dutch: acetaat (nl)
Finnish: asetaatti (fi)
French: acétate (fr)
German: Azetat (de) n, Acetat (de) n
Hindi: शुक्त (hi) (shukt)
Indonesian: asetat (id)

Irish: aicéatáit f
Italian: acetato (it) m
Japanese: アセテート (asetēto), 酢酸塩 (さくさんえん, sakusan'en)
Malay: asetat
Polish: octan (pl)
Portuguese: acetato (pt) m
Romanian: acetat (ro) m
Russian: ацета́т (ru) m (acetát)
Serbo-Croatian: acetat
Spanish: acetato (es) m
Swedish: acetat (sv)

cellulose acetate — see cellulose acetate

transparent overlay sheet

Catalan: transparència (ca) f
Finnish: kalvo (fi)

Irish: tréshoilseán m

aluminium disc covered in wax

Finnish: pikalevy, lakkalevy

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