lactic acid

Noun

 * 1)  2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.

Synonyms

 * when used as a preservative

Translations

 * Catalan: àcid làctic
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kyselina mléčná
 * Danish: mælkesyre
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: laktacido, lakta acido
 * Estonian: piimhape
 * Faroese: mjólkarsýra
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: γαλακτικό οξύ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: mjólkursýra
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: aigéad lachtach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: сүт қышқылы
 * Latin: acidum lacticum
 * Latvian:
 * Malay: asid laktik
 * Maori: waikawa waiū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: melkesyre, mjølkesyre
 * Nynorsk: mjølkesyre
 * Persian: اسید لاکتیک
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ácido lático
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ácido láctico
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: กรดแล็กติก, กรดน้ำนม
 * Ukrainian: моло́чна кислота́