Phrase guide

benzoic acid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɛnˈzəʊɪk ˈasɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-æsɪd/
  • General-American: /bɛnˈzoʊɪk ˈæsɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carboxylic acid

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բենզոյական թթու (benzoyakan tʻtʻu) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Belarusian: бензойная кіслата (bjenzójnaja kislata) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Bulgarian: бензоена киселина (benzoena kiselina) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Catalan: àcid benzoic — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苯甲酸 (běn jiǎ suān) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安息香酸 (ān xī xiāng suān) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Czech: kyselina benzoová — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Danish: benzoesyre — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Dutch: benzoëzuur — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Dutch: benzeencarbonzuur — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Finnish: bentsoehappo — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • French: acide benzoïque — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Galician: ácido benzoico — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Georgian: ბენზოის მჟავა (benzois mžava) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • German: Benzoesäure — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Hungarian: benzoesav — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Indonesian: asam benzoat — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Irish: aigéad beansóch — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Irish: aigéad beinséancarbocsaileach — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Italian: acido benzoico — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Japanese: 安息香酸 (ansokukōsan) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Norwegian Bokmål: benzosyre — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: benzosyre — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Polish: benzoes — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Polish: kwas benzoesowy — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Portuguese: ácido benzoico — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Romanian: acid benzoic — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Russian: бензо́йная кислота́ (benzójnaja kislotá) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Slovak: kyselina benzoová — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Slovene: benzojeva kiselina — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Spanish: ácido benzoico — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Swedish: bensoesyra — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Turkish: benzoik asit — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH
  • Ukrainian: бензойна кислота (benzojna kyslota) — white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH