methanoic acid

Noun

 * 1)  The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colorless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odor; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the methanoates, are used in perfumes.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 甲酸
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: methansyre
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Methansäure
 * Spanish: ácido metanoico
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: asid methanöig