ethanol

Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane +‎ -ol.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/

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ethanol (usually uncountable, plural ethanols)

2. (organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH.
3. Specifically, this form of alcohol as a fuel.
   • 2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39:

     In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually.

• (simple aliphatic alcohol): alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylol, EtOH, monohydroxyethane, grain alcohol, methylcarbinol, E1510 (when used as a food additive)

• (simple aliphatic alcohol): NGS (“neutral grain spirit”), GNS (“grain neutral spirit”), GS (“grain spirit”), NS (“neutral spirit”), rectified spirit, neutral alcohol; (high-test ethanol solution, usually with distilled/deionized water) (especially food-grade ones)

• Athlone, anethol, anthole, loaneth

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛdɦanol]

ethanol m inan

1. ethanol (simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From ethaan +‎ -ol.

• IPA^(key): /eːtaːˈnɔl/

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• Hyphenation: etha‧nol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

ethanol n (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

• → Indonesian: etanol

ethanol (plural ethanol-ethanol)

1. (chemistry, nonstandard) alternative spelling of etanol (“ethanol”)