salicylic acid

English

Alternative forms

salicyclic acid

Etymology

From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.

Noun

salicylic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C₆>H₄(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.

Synonyms

spiraeic acid, spiroylic acid, spiroylous acid (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

salicin

Translations

salicylic acid

Bulgarian: салицилова киселина f (salicilova kiselina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水楊酸／水杨酸 (zh) (shuǐyángsuān)
Czech: kyselina salicylová f
Finnish: salisyylihappo
French: acide salicylique (fr) m
Greek: σαλικυλικό οξύ n (salikylikó oxý)
Hungarian: szalicilsav (hu)
Italian: acido salicilico m
Japanese: サリチル酸 (sarichiru san)
Korean: 살리실산 (sallisilsan)
Macedonian: салици́лна кисе́лина f (salicílna kisélina), салици́л m (salicíl)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: salisyl n, salisylsyre m or f
Polish: kwas salicylowy (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido salicílico m
Romanian: acid salicilic (ro)
Russian: салициловая кислота (ru) f (salicilovaja kislota)
Spanish: ácido salicílico m
Swedish: salicylsyra (sv) c
Turkish: salisilik asit (tr)
Vietnamese: axit salixilic

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