ethanol

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
  - 1.2.2 Synonyms

[edit] English

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Ethanol

[edit] Etymology

Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithēr), “‘ether’”), influenced by German äthyl.

[edit] Noun

Singular
ethanol

Plural
uncountable

ethanol (uncountable)

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

[edit] Translations

simple aliphatic alcohol: CH₃-CH₂-OH

Afrikaans: etanol af(af)
Bosnian: etanol bs(bs)
Bulgarian: етанол bg(bg)
Catalan: etanol ca(ca)
Chinese: 乙醇 cmn(cmn) (yǐ chún)
Croatian: etanol hr(hr) m.
Esperanto: etanolo eo(eo)
Finnish: etanoli fi(fi)
French: éthanol fr(fr) m.
German: Ethanol de(de) n.

Greek: αιθανόλη el(el) (aithanóli) f., αιθυλική αλκοόλη el(el) (aithylikí alkoóli) f., οινόπνευμα el(el) (oinópnevma) n.
Ido: etanolo io(io)
Italian: etanolo it(it) m.
Japanese: エタノール ja(ja)
Portuguese: etanol pt(pt) m.
Russian: этанол ru(ru) (etanól) m.
Spanish: etanol es(es) m.
Swedish: etanol sv(sv) c.
Turkish: etanol tr(tr)

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