acetaldehyde

See also: acétaldéhyde

English

Etymology

From acet- +‎ aldehyde.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæs.ɪˈtæl.dəˌhaɪd/

Noun

acetaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural acetaldehydes)

2. (organic chemistry) A colourless organic compound, CH₃CHO, occurring widely in nature and being produced on a large scale in industry.

   Synonyms: acetic aldehyde, ethanal

Derived terms

• acetaldehydemia
• paracetaldehyde
• phenylacetaldehyde
• trichloroacetaldehyde

Translations

the organic compound CH₃CHO

• Catalan: acetaldehid m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 乙醛 (jyut³ cyun⁴), 醋醛 (cou³ cyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 乙醛 (zh) (yǐquán), 醋醛 (zh) (cùquán)

• Czech: acetaldehyd (cs) m
• Esperanto: acetaldehido
• Finnish: asetaldehydi (fi)
• French: acétaldéhyde (fr) m, éthanal (fr) m
• German: Acetaldehyd (de) m
• Hungarian: acetaldehid (hu)
• Irish: aicéataildéad m
• Italian: acetaldeide (it) f
• Japanese: アセトアルデヒド ((asetoarudehido))
• Kazakh: ацетальдегид (asetaldegid)
• Kyrgyz: ацетальдегид (atsetaldegid)
• Persian: استالدهید (asetâldehid)
• Polish: acetaldehyd (pl) m, aldehyd octowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: acetaldeído m, etanal (pt) m
• Spanish: acetaldehído (es) m
• Swedish: etanal (sv) c
• Ukrainian: етана́ль m (etanálʹ), о́цтовий альдегі́д m (óctovyj alʹdehíd)