acetyl

See also: acétyl

English

Etymology

From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈsiːtaɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæsətɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/

Noun

acetyl (plural acetyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid.

Derived terms

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål
Structure of the acetyl group.

Etymology

acet- +‎ -yl, first part from Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from aceō (“I am sour”), from Proto-Italic *akēō (“be sharp-tasting, be sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Last part from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest; material, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /asɛˈtyːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -yːl
  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tyl

Noun

acetyl n (definite singular acetylet, indefinite plural acetyl, definite plural acetyla or acetylene)

  1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid)

References

Anagrams
  • acylet

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acetyl. Ultimately from Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).[1][2] First attested in 1840.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tɨl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɨl
  • Syllabification: a‧ce‧tyl

Noun

acetyl m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid)
    chlorek acetylu ― acetyl chloride

Declension
Declension of acetyl
singular plural
nominative acetyl acetyle
genitive acetylu acetyli
dative acetylowi acetylom
accusative acetyl acetyle
instrumental acetylem acetylami
locative acetylu acetylach
vocative acetylu acetyle

Derived terms
adjective
adverb
nouns
verb
adjectives
nouns

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Seweryn Zdzitowiecki (1840) Rys chemii organicznéj i jej zastosowań : podług dzieła Koehlera Die Chemie in technischer Beziehung‎, page 14<
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

acetyl c

  1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid)

Declension
Declension of acetyl 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative acetyl acetylen acetyler acetylerna
Genitive acetyls acetylens acetylers acetylernas
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