saponification

English

Saponification reaction between a triglyceride and potassium hydroxide (sense 2)

Etymology

Etymology tree

French saponifier

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ation

Middle French -ation

French -ation

French saponification

English saponification

From French saponification, from saponifier (“saponify”).

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Noun

saponification (countable and uncountable, plural saponifications) (chemistry)

2. The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
4. The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.

Derived terms

• iodine number saponification
• monosaponification
• saponification number
• saponification value

Translations

hydrolysis of ester

• Finnish: saippuoituminen, saponifikaatio
• Greek: σαπωνοποίηση (el) f (saponopoíisi)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} saponificazione (it) f
• Japanese: 鹼化 (ja) (kenka)
• Kazakh: сабындалу (sabındaluw)
• Polish: zmydlanie (pl) n, saponifikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: saponificação (pt) f
• Russian: омыление (ru) n (omylenije)
• Spanish: saponificación (es) f

soap formation

• Finnish: saippuoituminen
• French: saponification (fr) f
• Greek: σαπωνοποίηση (el) f (saponopoíisi)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} saponificazione (it) f
• Polish: zmydlanie (pl) n, saponifikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: saponificação (pt) f
• Spanish: saponificación (es) f

Further reading

• saponification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From saponifier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

saponification f (plural saponifications)

1. (chemistry) saponification

Related terms

• savon

Further reading

• “saponification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012