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acetate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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 acētum English -ate English acetate Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate.

Meanings

  1. Any ester or salt of acetic acid.
    • […] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […] 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia:
    • The goods should be handled for about twenty minutes in a solution of sugar (acetate) of lead, pressed out of that and then passed through a solution of this chrome, then aired, passed through the lead and washed and dried. 1847, editorial staff, “To Dye Yellow Color”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72:
  2. Cellulose acetate.
    • Performers use acetate because eyelash glue is not available. They create eyelashes out of horse hair or cut from carbon paper. Their nails are glued on with a shoe adhesive. 2007 July 16, Leslie Feinberg, “How La Güinera made room for more gender”, in Workers World:
  3. A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic.
    • Near-synonym: gel
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of acetate disc (A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record)
    • Acetates are a relic of the days before cassettes, DAT, and recordable CDs came into widespread use in recording studios. Manufactured from aluminum, and coated in a thin sheet of vinyl, they were produced to allow the concerned parties to hear how a particular version of a recording would sound outside the studio, on their home hi-fi, for example. 2002, Dave Thompson, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting, Hal Leonard Corporation, Acetates—The Rock Star's Rough Draft

Forms

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Coordinates

celluloid · dubplate · acetic acid · cellophane

Deriveds

methylazoxymethanol acetate · potassium acetate · amyl acetate · ethylenediaminetetraacetate · parachlorophenoxyacetate · bromoacetate · vinyl acetate · thioacetate · subacetate · amphoacetate · chloroacetate · orthoacetate · denaverine · eugenyl acetate · octaacetate · acetorphine · oxaloacetate · butylacetate · copper acetate · monoacetate · ethylene-vinyl acetate · ethyl acetate · cyproterone acetate · calcium acetate · acetatic · methyl acetate · cyanoacetate · cupric acetate · bisacodyl · acetoacetate · hydrogen acetate · cellulose acetate · lead acetate · nonacetate · diacetate · undecaacetate · iodoacetate · acedapsone · aceclidine · ammonium acetate · acetatelyase · linalyl acetate · eugenol acetate · cefacetrile · sodium acetate · triacetate · polyvinyl acetate · fentin acetate · fluoroacetate · tetraacetate · citronellyl acetate · lithium acetate · vaccenyl acetate · acetated · pentaacetate · medroxyprogesterone acetate · oxoacetate · peracetate · sodium acetate trihydrate

Synonyms

ethanoate · gel

Translations (35)

cs acetát (salt or ester of acetic acid) · ru ацета́т (salt or ester of acetic acid) · ro acetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · it acetato (salt or ester of acetic acid) · nb acetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · ms asetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · ja 酢酸塩 (salt or ester of acetic acid) · cmn 醋酸鹽 /醋酸盐 (salt or ester of acetic acid) · fr acétate (salt or ester of acetic acid) · pt acetato (salt or ester of acetic acid) · pl acetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · de Acetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · fi pikalevy (aluminium disc covered in wax) · ca acetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · sv acetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · yue 乙酸鹽 /乙酸盐 (salt or ester of acetic acid) · sh ацѐта̄т (salt or ester of acetic acid) · fi asetaatti (salt or ester of acetic acid) · id asetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · cmn 乙酸鹽 /乙酸盐 (salt or ester of acetic acid) · pl octan (salt or ester of acetic acid) · nl acetaat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · es acetato (salt or ester of acetic acid) · bg ацетат (salt or ester of acetic acid) · sh acètāt (salt or ester of acetic acid) · hi शुक्त (salt or ester of acetic acid) · ga tréshoilseán (transparent overlay sheet) · ja アセテート (salt or ester of acetic acid) · yue 醋酸鹽 /醋酸盐 (salt or ester of acetic acid) · hu acetát (salt or ester of acetic acid) · ca transparència (transparent overlay sheet) · de Azetat (salt or ester of acetic acid) · fi lakkalevy (aluminium disc covered in wax) · ga aicéatáit (salt or ester of acetic acid) · fi kalvo (transparent overlay sheet)

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