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Italian
Noun
acetato m (plural acetati)
- (organic chemistry) acetate
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French acétate, from Vulgar Latin acētātu-, participle of acētāre (“to turn into acētum (“vinegar”)”). First attested in 1846.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ta‧to
Noun
acetato m (plural acetatos)
- (uncountable, organic chemistry) acetate
- transparency (a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.)
References
- ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Acetato”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 70
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeˈtato/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aseˈtato/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧ta‧to
Noun
acetato m (plural acetatos)
- (organic chemistry) acetate
Derived terms
Further reading