acetate

See also: Acetate, acétate, and aĉetate

English

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) ( +‎ -ate), from aceō (“I am sour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/

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Noun

acetate (plural acetates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.

   Synonym: ethanoate

2. Cellulose acetate.
3. A transparent sheet used for overlays.
4. Ellipsis of acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

   Coordinate term: dubplate

   • 2002, Dave Thompson, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting, Hal Leonard Corporation (→ISBN), Acetates—The Rock Star's Rough Draft:

     Acetates are a relic of the days before cassettes, DAT, and recordable CDs came into widespread use in recording studios. Manufactured from aluminum, and coated in a thin sheet of vinyl, they were produced to allow the concerned parties to hear how a particular version of a recording would sound outside the studio, on their home hi-fi, for example.

Derived terms

• cellulose acetate
• ethyl acetate
• vinyl acetate

 

Translations

salt or ester of acetic acid

• Bulgarian: ацетат m (acetat)
• Catalan: acetat m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 醋酸鹽, 醋酸盐 (cou³ syun¹ jim⁴), 乙酸鹽, 乙酸盐 (jyut³ syun¹ jim⁴)

  Mandarin: 醋酸鹽 (zh), 醋酸盐 (zh) (cùsuānyán), 乙酸鹽 (zh), 乙酸盐 (zh) (yǐsuānyán)

• Czech: acetát m
• Dutch: acetaat (nl) ?
• Finnish: asetaatti (fi)
• French: acétate (fr) ?
• German: Azetat (de) n, Acetat (de) n
• Hindi: शुक्त (hi) ? (śukt)
• Indonesian: asetat (id)

• Interlingue: acetate
• Irish: aicéatáit f
• Italian: acetato (it) m
• Japanese: アセテート (asetēto), 酢酸塩 (さくさんえん, sakusan'en)
• Malay: asetat
• Polish: octan (pl) n
• Portuguese: acetato (pt) m
• Romanian: acetat (ro) m
• Russian: ацета́т (ru) m (acetát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ацѐта̄т m

  Roman: acètāt m

• Spanish: acetato (es) m
• Swedish: acetat (sv) ?

cellulose acetate — see cellulose acetate

transparent overlay sheet

• Catalan: transparència (ca) f
• Finnish: kalvo (fi)

• Irish: tréshoilseán m

aluminium disc covered in wax

• Finnish: pikalevy, lakkalevy

Further reading

• acetate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• acetate disc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia