acetic acid

Noun

 * 1)  A clear colourless organic acid, CH$3$COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.

Synonyms

 * when used as a preservative
 * , the systematic alternative name

Translations

 * Catalan: àcid acètic
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 乙酸, 醋酸
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: edikssýra
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: οξικό οξύ
 * Gujarati: શુક્તામ્લ
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: aigéad aicéiteach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: asem cuka
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: оцетна киселина
 * Malay: asid asetik
 * Maori: waikawa winika
 * Marathi: शुक्ताम्ल
 * Mongolian: цууны хүчил
 * Nepali: शुक्ताम्ल
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: eddiksyre
 * Nynorsk: eddiksyre
 * Persian: استیک اسید
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ácido acético
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: axit axetic