tartaric acid

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

Noun

tartaric acid (countable and uncountable, plural tartaric acids)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.

Synonyms

• erythraric acid
• uvic acid (obsolete)
• E334 when used as an antioxidant

Related terms

• tartrate

Translations

the aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind

• Catalan: àcid tartàric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒石酸 (zh) (jiǔshísuān)

• Czech: kyselina vinná f
• Dutch: wijnsteenzuur (nl)
• Esperanto: tartrata acido
• Finnish: viinihappo (fi)
• French: acide tartrique (fr) m
• German: Weinsäure (de)
• Greek: τρυγικό οξύ (trygikó oxý)
• Hungarian: borkősav (hu)
• Italian: acido tartarico (it) m
• Japanese: 酒石酸 (しゅせきさん, shusekisan)
• Latvian: vīnskābe (lv) f
• Macedonian: винска киселина f (vinska kiselina)
• Malay: asid tartarik
• Portuguese: ácido tartárico m
• Romanian: acid tartric (ro) m
• Russian: ви́нная кислота́ (ru) f (vínnaja kislotá)
• Slovak: kyselina vínna f
• Spanish: ácido tartárico m
• Swedish: vinsyra c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: tartarik asit (tr)