formic acid en · NOUN
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(uncountable) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour systematically known as methanoic acid; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes.
The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?
1941, Ogden Nash, “The Ant”, in The Face is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash, reprint edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 224:
Deriveds
cyanoformic acid · performic acid · formo-
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yue 蟻酸 /蚁酸 (methanoic acid) · fo meyrusýra (methanoic acid) · fr acide formique (methanoic acid) · sh mravlja kiselina (methanoic acid) · hu hangyasav (methanoic acid) · sv myrsyra (methanoic acid) · fi metaanihappo (methanoic acid) · gu પિપીલિકામ્લ (methanoic acid) · de Ameisensäure (methanoic acid) · th กรดมด (methanoic acid) · cy asid methanöig (methanoic acid) · mn шоргоолжны хүчил (methanoic acid) · is maurasýra (methanoic acid) · es ácido fórmico (methanoic acid) · yue 甲酸 (methanoic acid) · mn шургуулжны хүчил (methanoic acid) · ru муравьи́ная кислота́ (methanoic acid) · th กรดฟอร์มิก (methanoic acid) · cmn 蟻酸 /蚁酸 (methanoic acid) · da methansyre (methanoic acid) · mn ᠰᠢᠷᠭᠣᠯᠵᠢᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠦᠴᠢᠯ (methanoic acid) · ga aigéad formach (methanoic acid) · nl mierenzuur (methanoic acid) · cy asid fformig (methanoic acid) · tr karınca asidi (methanoic acid) · ro acid formic (methanoic acid) · no maursyre (methanoic acid) · ar حمض الفورميك (methanoic acid) · pl kwas mrówkowy (methanoic acid) · lv skudrskābe (methanoic acid) · fa جوهر مورچه (methanoic acid) · cmn 甲酸 (methanoic acid) · da myresyre (methanoic acid) · tr formik asit (methanoic acid) · cs kyselina mravenčí (methanoic acid) · ja 蟻酸 (methanoic acid) · fa فرمیک اسید (methanoic acid) · ka ჭიანჭველამჟავა (methanoic acid) · mk мравја киселина (methanoic acid) · pt ácido fórmico (methanoic acid) · pdt Eemskjesuastoff (methanoic acid) · el μυρμηκικό οξύ (methanoic acid) · fi muurahaishappo (methanoic acid) · nl methaanzuur (methanoic acid)