acetamide

See also: acétamide

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin acēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin acētumder.

English aceto-

English acet-

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English acetyl

Egyptian jmnbor.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacusder.

English ammonia

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English amide

blend

English acetamide

Blend of acetyl + amide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɛtəmaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

acetamide (plural acetamides)

2. (organic chemistry) The amide of acetic acid, CH₃CONH₂.

   Synonym: (IUPAC name) ethanamide

Derived terms

• acetamidase
• acetazolamide
• arylacetamide
• bisacetamide
• bromoacetamide
• cefuracetime
• cloxacepride
• darifenacin
• diacetamide
• dichloroacetamide
• fluoroacetamide
• haloacetamide
• hydroxyacetamide
• iodoacetamide
• ketoacetamide
• phenylacetamide
• piracetam
• sulfacetamide
• thioacetamide
• zolpidem

Translations

amide of acetic acid

• Arabic: أَسِيتَامِيد (ʔasītāmīd)
• Bengali: অ্যাসিট্যামাইড (êśiṭṭamaiḍ), ইথান্যামাইড (ithannamaiḍ)
• Bulgarian: ацетамид (acetamid), етанамид (etanamid)
• Catalan: acetamida f, etanamida
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乙酰胺 (zh) (yǐxiānàn)

• Czech: acetamid
• Dutch: aceetamide
• Finnish: asetamidi
• French: acétamide (fr) m
• German: Acetamid (de) n
• Greek: αιθαναμίδιο (aithanamídio), ακεταμίδιο (aketamídio)
• Hungarian: acetamid, etánamid
• Irish: aicéataimíd f
• Italian: acetammide (it) f
• Japanese: アセトアミド (asetoamido)
• Latvian: acetamīds, etānamīds
• Lithuanian: acetamidas
• Macedonian: ацетамид (acetamid)
• Norwegian: acetamid, eddiksyreamid, etanamid
• Persian: استامید
• Polish: acetamid (pl) m, etanoamid
• Portuguese: acetamida f, etanamida
• Romanian: acetamidă (ro), etanamidă
• Russian: ацетамид (ru) (acetamid)
• Serbo-Croatian: acetamid
• Slovene: acetamid, etanamid
• Spanish: acetamida f
• Swedish: etanamid, etansyraamid, acetamid (sv)
• Tamil: அசிட்டமைடு (aciṭṭamaiṭu)
• Uzbek: atsetamid

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Acetamide”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “acetamide”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

Anagrams

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