carbolic acid

English

Partial calque of German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge

Noun

carbolic acid (uncountable)

1. (dated, organic chemistry) phenol (C₆H₅OH)

Translations

older name for phenol

• Catalan: àcid carbòlic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石炭酸 (zh) (shítànsuān)

• Esperanto: karbola acido
• German: Carbolsäure f, Karbolsäure f
• Hungarian: karbolsav (hu)
• Irish: aigéad carbólach m
• Japanese: 石炭酸 (せきたんさん, sekitansan)
• Romanian: acid carbolic (ro) m
• Russian: карбо́ловая кислота́ (ru) f (karbólovaja kislotá)