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acetic

English

Etymology

From French acétique, from Latin ac?tum (“vinegar”), from ac?re (“to be sour”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a?ce?tic
    Rhymes: -i?t?k

Adjective

acetic (not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
  2. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives

Translations

Anagrams

  • accite

Romanian

Etymology

From French acétique

Adjective

acetic m or n (feminine singular acetic?, masculine plural acetici, feminine and neuter plural acetice)

  1. acetic

Declension

acetic From the web:

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acidulous

English

Etymology

From Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“acid, sour”). See acid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??s?dj?l?s/, /??s?d??l?s/

Adjective

acidulous

  1. Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.
    • 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
      the hard, acidulous, metallic tincture of the spring
  2. (figuratively) Sharp; caustic.
    • 1931, William Somerset Maugham, His Excellency
      He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X.
  3. Containing carbonic acid.
    acidulous mineral waters

Translations

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