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ethanoic

ethanoic adjective: having the group CH₃COO-.

Adjective

ethanoic (not comparable)

  1. Having the group CH₃COO-.
    Synonyms:
    acetic

Synonyms of ethanoic

Origin of ethanoic

From ethane + -oic.

Words formed from ethanoic

Questions about ethanoic

What does ethanoic mean?
Ethanoic means having the group CH₃COO-.
What part of speech is ethanoic?
Ethanoic is an adjective.

Words near ethanoic in the dictionary

  1. ethanethiol
  2. Ethanim
  3. ethanium
  4. ethanoate
  5. ethanoates
  6. ethanoic
  7. ethanoic acid
  8. ethanol
  9. ethanolamide
  10. ethanolamides
  11. ethanolamine

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