etanol

See also: etanól and êtanol

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

etanol m (uncountable)

1. ethanol (simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH)

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “etanol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “etanol” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛtanol]

Noun

etanol m inan

1. ethanol (simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH)

Declension

Declension of etanol (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	etanol	etanoly
genitive	etanolu	etanolů
dative	etanolu	etanolům
accusative	etanol	etanoly
vocative	etanole	etanoly
locative	etanolu	etanolech
instrumental	etanolem	etanoly

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “etanol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “etanol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Galician

Noun

etanol m (uncountable)

1. ethanol

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛtɒnol]
• Hyphenation: eta‧nol
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

etanol (usually uncountable, plural etanolok)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

   Synonyms: etil-alkohol, borszesz

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	etanol	etanolok
accusative	etanolt	etanolokat
dative	etanolnak	etanoloknak
instrumental	etanollal	etanolokkal
causal-final	etanolért	etanolokért
translative	etanollá	etanolokká
terminative	etanolig	etanolokig
essive-formal	etanolként	etanolokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	etanolban	etanolokban
superessive	etanolon	etanolokon
adessive	etanolnál	etanoloknál
illative	etanolba	etanolokba
sublative	etanolra	etanolokra
allative	etanolhoz	etanolokhoz
elative	etanolból	etanolokból
delative	etanolról	etanolokról
ablative	etanoltól	etanoloktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	etanolé	etanoloké
non-attributive possessive – plural	etanoléi	etanolokéi

Possessive forms of etanol

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	etanolom	etanoljaim
2nd person sing.	etanolod	etanoljaid
3rd person sing.	etanolja	etanoljai
1st person plural	etanolunk	etanoljaink
2nd person plural	etanolotok	etanoljaitok
3rd person plural	etanoljuk	etanoljaik

Further reading

• etanol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

etanol

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch ethanol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈet̪a.nɔl]
• Hyphenation: éta‧nol

Noun

etanol (plural etanol-etanol)

1. (chemistry) ethanol: a simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH

   Synonyms: alkohol, etil alkohol

Alternative forms

• ethanol (nonstandard)

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

etanol

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

etanol m (definite singular etanolen)

1. ethanol

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

etanol

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

etanol m (definite singular etanolen)

1. ethanol

Polish

Etymology

From etan (“ethane”) +‎ -ol (“alcohol suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈta.nɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anɔl
• Syllabification: e‧ta‧nol

Noun

etanol m inan

1. ethanol

   Synonym: alkohol etylowy

Declension

Declension of etanol

	singular
nominative	etanol
genitive	etanolu
dative	etanolowi
accusative	etanol
instrumental	etanolem
locative	etanolu
vocative	etanolu

Further reading

• etanol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• etanol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

etanol

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Internationalism, from etano +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.taˈnɔw/ [e.taˈnɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛ.tɐˈnɔl/ [ɛ.tɐˈnɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛ.tɐˈnɔl/ [ɛ.tɐˈnɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛ.tɐˈnɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
• Hyphenation: e‧ta‧nol

Noun

etanol m (usually uncountable, plural etanóis)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

   Synonym: álcool etílico

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “etanol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éthanol.

Noun

etanol m (plural etanoli)

1. ethanol

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	etanol	etanolul		etanoli	etanolii
genitive-dative	etanol	etanolului		etanoli	etanolilor
vocative	etanolule			etanolilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etǎnoːl/
• Hyphenation: e‧ta‧nol

Noun

etànōl m inan (Cyrillic spelling ета̀но̄л)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

Declension

Declension of etanol

	singular
nominative	etànōl
genitive	etanóla
dative	etanolu
accusative	etanol
vocative	etanole
locative	etanolu
instrumental	etanolom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈetanɔl]

Noun

etanol m inan

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

Declension

Declension of etanol
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	etanol	etanoly
genitive	etanolu	etanolov
dative	etanolu	etanolom
accusative	etanol	etanoly
locative	etanole	etanoloch
instrumental	etanolom	etanolmi

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

etanol

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From etano +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etaˈnol/ [e.t̪aˈnol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: e‧ta‧nol

Noun

etanol m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

   Synonym: alcohol etílico

Derived terms

• bioetanol

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

etanol c

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

Declension

Declension of etanol

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	etanol	etanols
	definite	etanolen	etanolens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Synonyms

• etylalkohol

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

etanol

Wikipedia ^tr

Noun

etanol (definite accusative etanolu, plural etanollar)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

Declension

Declension of etanol

singular plural nominative etanol etanollar definite accusative etanolu etanolları dative etanola etanollara locative etanolda etanollarda ablative etanoldan etanollardan genitive etanolun etanolların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular etanolum etanollarım 2nd singular etanolun etanolların 3rd singular etanolu etanolları 1st plural etanolumuz etanollarımız 2nd plural etanolunuz etanollarınız 3rd plural etanolları etanolları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular etanolumu etanollarımı 2nd singular etanolunu etanollarını 3rd singular etanolunu etanollarını 1st plural etanolumuzu etanollarımızı 2nd plural etanolunuzu etanollarınızı 3rd plural etanollarını etanollarını dative singular plural 1st singular etanoluma etanollarıma 2nd singular etanoluna etanollarına 3rd singular etanoluna etanollarına 1st plural etanolumuza etanollarımıza 2nd plural etanolunuza etanollarınıza 3rd plural etanollarına etanollarına locative singular plural 1st singular etanolumda etanollarımda 2nd singular etanolunda etanollarında 3rd singular etanolunda etanollarında 1st plural etanolumuzda etanollarımızda 2nd plural etanolunuzda etanollarınızda 3rd plural etanollarında etanollarında ablative singular plural 1st singular etanolumdan etanollarımdan 2nd singular etanolundan etanollarından 3rd singular etanolundan etanollarından 1st plural etanolumuzdan etanollarımızdan 2nd plural etanolunuzdan etanollarınızdan 3rd plural etanollarından etanollarından genitive singular plural 1st singular etanolumun etanollarımın 2nd singular etanolunun etanollarının 3rd singular etanolunun etanollarının 1st plural etanolumuzun etanollarımızın 2nd plural etanolunuzun etanollarınızın 3rd plural etanollarının etanollarının

Further reading

• “etanol”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu