acetic
Syllables: a·ce·tic/əˈsiːtɪk/
acetic adjective: of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
Adjective
acetic (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
- Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives.
- Synonyms:
- ethanoic
acetic meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
acetic in Tamil
- புளிங்காடி சார்ந்த
acetic in Urdu
- سرکے کے متعلق, سرکے کا, ترش, کھٹّا
acetic in Malayalam
- അസിറ്റിക് ആസിഡിനെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, പുളിപ്പുള്ളതായ, വിനാഗിരിയുടെ ഗുണങ്ങളുള്ള, ശൗക്തികാമ്ലത്തിന്റെ ഉപ്പ്, അസിറ്റേറ്റ്, മൃദുവായ കൃത്രിമത്തുണി
acetic in Kannada
- ಹುಳಿಯ, ಹುಳಿನೀರಿನ, ಕಾಡಿಯ
More languagesFewer languages
- acetic in Vietnamese
- axetic
Synonyms of acetic
Origin of acetic
From French acétique, from Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from acēre (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ic.
Words formed from acetic
- acetachlor
- acetic acid
- acetic alcohol
- acetic aldehyde
- acetic anhydride
- acetimetry
- acetoacetic
- bromoacetic
- chloroacetic
- cyanoacetic
- diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
- indoleacetic
- iodoacetic
- metacetic
- naphthaleneacetic
- nitrilotriacetic
- nonacetic
- oxyacetic
- peracetic
- phenylacetic
- pyroacetic
- tetraacetic
- trichloroacetic
- uracil
Phrases with acetic
Questions about acetic
- What does acetic mean?
- Acetic means of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
- What is acetic in Tamil?
- Acetic in Tamil is புளிங்காடி சார்ந்த. See Acetic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acetic?
- Acetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce acetic?
- Acetic is pronounced /əˈsiːtɪk/.
Words near acetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acetic (page history and authors); acetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acetic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acetic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acetic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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