acide gras

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Coined by chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1813,[1] as they are acidic products of the hydrolysis of lipids.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.si.d(ə).ɡʁa/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

acide gras m (plural acides gras)

  1. (chemistry) fatty acid

Descendants[edit]

  • English: fatty acid
  • German: Fettsäure
  • Italian: acido grasso
  • Spanish: ácido graso

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chevreul, M. E. (1813). Sur plusieurs corps gras, et particulièrement sur leurs combinaisons avec les alcalis. Annales de Chimie, t. 88, p. 225-261. Gallica, Google Books.