acetyl

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈsiːtaɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsətɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/

acetyl (plural acetyls)

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

   Synonym: ethanoyl

Sometimes abbreviated "Ac", but this conflicts with Ac = actinium.

• acet- (aceto-)

Internationalism. By surface analysis, acet- +‎ -yl.

• IPA^(key): /asɛˈtyːl/

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• Rhymes: -yːl
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tyl

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)

• “acetyl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “acetyl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “acetyl” in Store norske leksikon

• acylet

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tɘl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɘl
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tyl

acetyl m inan

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

   chlorek acetylu ― acetyl chloride

• acetyl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
• acetyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

acetyl c

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