acide gras

French

Etymology

Coined by chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1813,[1] as they are acidic products of the hydrolysis of lipids.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.si.d(ə).ɡʁa/
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Noun

acide gras m (plural acides gras)

(chemistry) fatty acid

Descendants

→ English: fatty acid
→ German: Fettsäure
→ Italian: acido grasso
→ Spanish: ácido graso

References

Chevreul, M. E. (1813). Sur plusieurs corps gras, et particulièrement sur leurs combinaisons avec les alcalis. Annales de Chimie, t. 88, p. 225-261. Gallica, Google Books.

“acide-gras” in L’Internaute.

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