acetic

English

Etymology

From French acétique, from Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from acēre (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsiːtɪk/, /əˈsɛtɪk/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tic

  Rhymes: -iːtɪk

Adjective

acetic (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
2. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives.

   Synonym: ethanoic

Derived terms

• acetachlor
• acetic acid
• acetic alcohol
• acetic aldehyde
• acetic anhydride
• acetimetry
• acetoacetic
• bromoacetic
• chloroacetic
• cyanoacetic
• diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
• indoleacetic
• iodoacetic
• metacetic
• naphthaleneacetic
• nitrilotriacetic
• nonacetic
• oxyacetic
• peracetic
• phenylacetic
• pyroacetic
• tetraacetic
• trichloroacetic
• uracil

Translations

pertaining to vinegar

Bulgarian: оцетен (oceten) Catalan: acètic (ca) Czech: octový (cs) French: acétique (fr) Irish: aicéiteach Latin: acēticus Portuguese: acético Spanish: acético (es) Swedish: vinäger (sv) c, ättika (sv) c Welsh: asetig, ethanöig

pertaining to acetic acid

Bulgarian: ацетилов (acetilov) Catalan: acètic (ca) French: acétique (fr) Irish: aicéiteach Italian: acetico (it) Portuguese: acético Spanish: acético (es) Swedish: ättika (sv) c Vietnamese: axetic Welsh: asetig, ethanöig

Anagrams

• accite

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French acétique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.tik/

Adjective

acetic m or n (feminine singular acetică, masculine plural acetici, feminine and neuter plural acetice)

1. acetic

Declension

Declension of acetic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	acetic		acetică		acetici	acetice
	definite	aceticul		acetica		aceticii	aceticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	acetic		acetice		acetici	acetice
	definite	aceticului		aceticei		aceticilor	aceticelor

Further reading

• “acetic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025