acetyl

See also: acétyl

English

Structure of the acetyl group

Etymology

From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈsiːtaɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsətɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/

Noun

acetyl (plural acetyls)

2. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.

   Synonym: ethanoyl

Derived terms

• acebutolol
• acetamide
• acetergamine
• acetoacetyl
• acetylacetone
• acetyladenylate
• acetylajmaline
• acetylaminen
• acetylamino
• acetylase
• acetylate
• acetylbenzoate
• acetylbenzoic
• acetylbiuret
• acetyl bromide
• acetylcarbazole
• acetylcarbromal
• acetylcarnitine
• acetylcellulose
• acetylchitooligosaccharide
• acetyl chloride
• acetylcholine
• acetylcholinesterase
• acetyl CoA
• acetyl-CoA carboxylase
• acetyl-CoA synthetase
• acetyl coenzyme A
• acetylcyanide
• acetylcysteine
• acetyldigitoxin
• acetyldigoxin
• acetylene
• acetylenediurein
• acetylesterase
• acetylferrocene
• acetylfluoride
• acetylgalactosamide
• acetylgalactosamine
• acetylglucomannan
• acetylglucosaminyl
• acetylhydrolase
• acetylic
• acetylide
• acetyliodide
• acetylisoquinoline
• acetyllactosamine
• acetylleucine
• acetyllysine
• acetylmannosamine
• acetylmethadol
• acetylmethionine
• acetylmethylcarbinol
• acetylmuramic
• acetylmuramidase
• acetylmuramyl
• acetylneuraminic
• acetylome
• acetylornithine
• acetyloxy
• acetylperoxide
• acetylphenol
• acetylphenylhydrazine
• acetylpolyamine
• acetylproteome
• acetylpyridine
• acetylpyrroline
• acetylrosaniline
• acetylsalicylate
• acetylsalicylic
• acetylsalol
• acetylserotonin
• acetylspermidine
• acetylspermine
• acetyltannic
• acetyltannic acid
• acetylthiocholine
• acetylthymol
• acetyltransfer
• acetyltransferase
• acetyltropeine
• acetylurea
• acetylxylan
• azidoacetyl
• cyanoacetyl
• deacetyltransferase
• diacetyl
• diacetylverrucarol
• diphenylacetyl
• etacepride
• guacetisal
• hexaacetylmannitol
• iocetamic acid
• monoacetyl
• N-acetyl-dihydroxyhomotyrosine
• N-acetyl-p-aminophenol
• tetraacetylethylenediamine
• thioacetyl
• triacetyloleandomycin
• ulipristal

 

Related terms

• acet- (aceto-)

Translations

univalent radical

• Catalan: acetil (ca) m
• Esperanto: acetilo (eo)
• Finnish: asetyyli
• French: acétyl m
• Ido: acetilo (io)
• Italian: acetile (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: acetyl (no) n

• Ottoman Turkish: استیل (asetil)
• Persian: استیل (fa)
• Polish: acetyl (pl) m
• Romanian: acetil (ro) m
• Spanish: acetilo (es) m, acetil m
• Swedish: acetyl (sv) c
• Turkish: asetil

Norwegian Bokmål

Structure of the acetyl group.

Etymology

Internationalism. By surface analysis, acet- +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asɛˈtyːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -yːl
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tyl

Noun

acetyl n (definite singular acetylet, indefinite plural acetyl, definite plural acetyla or acetylene)

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

References

• “acetyl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “acetyl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “acetyl” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• acylet

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acetyl. Ultimately from Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”). First attested in 1840.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tɨl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtɨl
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tyl

Noun

acetyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

   chlorek acetylu ― acetyl chloride

Declension

Declension of acetyl

	singular	plural
nominative	acetyl	acetyle
genitive	acetylu	acetyli
dative	acetylowi	acetylom
accusative	acetyl	acetyle
instrumental	acetylem	acetylami
locative	acetylu	acetylach
vocative	acetylu	acetyle

Derived terms

adjective

• acetylowy

 

adverb

• acetylenowo

 

nouns

• acetylacja
• acetylen
• acetyloaceton
• acetylobenzen
• acetyloceluloza
• acetylocholina
• acetylocholinoesteraza
• acetylocysteina
• acetylodigitoksyna
• acetyloesteraza
• acetylogalaktoza
• acetyloglikozamina
• acetylohydrolaza
• acetylometylokarbinol
• acetylopirydyna
• acetylotransferaza

 

verb

• acetylować impf or pf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• acetylenowy
• acetylocelulozowy
• acetylocholinowy
• acetylosalicylowy

 

Related terms

nouns

• acetylenek
• acetylenownia
• acetylowanie

 

Further reading

• acetyl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[2]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
• acetyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Swedish

Noun

acetyl c

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

Declension

Declension of acetyl
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	acetyl	acetylen	acetyler	acetylerna
Genitive	acetyls	acetylens	acetylers	acetylernas