acetal

See also: Acetal and acétal

English

Etymology

From acet(ic) + al(cohol).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăsʹĭtăl', IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪˌtæl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

acetal (plural acetals)

1. (organic chemistry) Any diether of a geminal diol, R₂C(OR')₂ (where R' is not H).

Usage notes

Originally the term applied only to derivatives of aldehydes (One R = H) but now also applies to ketones

Derived terms

• ketoacetal
• spiroacetal

Translations

any diether of a geminal diol

• Finnish: asetaali
• French: acétal (fr) m
• German: Acetal (de) n
• Irish: aicéatal m
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• Japanese: アセタール (asetāru)
• Ottoman Turkish: آستل (asetal)
• Polish: acetal (pl) m
• Portuguese: acetal m
• Spanish: acetal (es) m

See also

• acetonide
• acylal
• hemiacetal
• ketal

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Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acetal. First attested in 1836

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtal
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tal

Noun

acetal m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetal

Declension

Declension of acetal

	singular	plural
nominative	acetal	acetale
genitive	acetalu	acetali
dative	acetalowi	acetalom
accusative	acetal	acetale
instrumental	acetalem	acetalami
locative	acetalu	acetalach
vocative	acetalu	acetale

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

acetal m (plural acetais)

1. (organic chemistry) acetal (any diether of a geminal diol)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθeˈtal/ [a.θeˈt̪al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aseˈtal/ [a.seˈt̪al]

Noun

acetal m (plural acetales)

1. (organic chemistry) acetal

Related terms

• cetal

Further reading

• “acetal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014