acetaldehyde en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌæs.ɪˈtæl.dəˌhaɪd/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin acēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin acētumder. English aceto- English acet- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde English acetaldehyde From acet- + aldehyde.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A colourless organic compound, CH₃CHO, occurring widely in nature and being produced on a large scale in industry.
When you have a drink, your body turns the ethanol that’s present in the alcoholic beverage into a “really nasty substance” called acetaldehyde, which can damage your DNA, said Timothy Stockwell, an alcohol researcher at the University of Victoria in Canada.
2025 May 20, Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, quoting Timothy Stockwell, “Is There a Least Bad Alcohol?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 May 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| acetaldehydes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
paracetaldehyde · phenylacetaldehyde · trichloroacetaldehyde · acetaldehydemia
Synonyms
Translations (28)
kk ацетальдегид (the organic compound CH3CHO) · pl acetaldehyd (the organic compound CH3CHO) · el ακεταλδεΰδη (the organic compound CH3CHO) · tr asetaldehit (the organic compound CH3CHO) · cs acetaldehyd (the organic compound CH3CHO) · cmn 乙醛 (the organic compound CH3CHO) · de Acetaldehyd (the organic compound CH3CHO) · fa استالدهید (the organic compound CH3CHO) · pl aldehyd octowy (the organic compound CH3CHO) · fr acétaldéhyde (the organic compound CH3CHO) · cmn 醋醛 (the organic compound CH3CHO) · hu acetaldehid (the organic compound CH3CHO) · it acetaldeide (the organic compound CH3CHO) · uk о́цтовий альдегі́д (the organic compound CH3CHO) · yue 乙醛 (the organic compound CH3CHO) · yue 醋醛 (the organic compound CH3CHO) · ca acetaldehid (the organic compound CH3CHO) · es acetaldehído (the organic compound CH3CHO) · ja アセトアルデヒド (the organic compound CH3CHO) · ky ацетальдегид (the organic compound CH3CHO) · pt etanal (the organic compound CH3CHO) · sv etanal (the organic compound CH3CHO) · fi asetaldehydi (the organic compound CH3CHO) · eo acetaldehido (the organic compound CH3CHO) · fr éthanal (the organic compound CH3CHO) · uk етана́ль (the organic compound CH3CHO) · ga aicéataildéad (the organic compound CH3CHO) · pt acetaldeído (the organic compound CH3CHO)