ethanol

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/
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• General-American: /ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 TH AH0 N AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eydh-der. Proto-Hellenic *áithō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol ▲ English ethyl English eth- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English ethane ▲ English alcohol English -ol English ethanol Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane + -ol.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Arabic: إِيثَانُول (ʔiṯānūl) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Bulgarian: етано́л (etanól) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Catalan: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Chinese Cantonese: 乙醇 (jyut6 seon4) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Chinese Mandarin: 乙醇 (yǐchún) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Czech: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Czech: ethanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Czech: ethylalkohol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Danish: ætanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Danish: ethanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Esperanto: etanolo — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Finnish: etanoli — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• French: éthanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• German: Ethanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• German: Äthanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Greek: αιθανόλη (aithanóli) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Greek: αιθυλική αλκοόλη (aithylikí alkoóli) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Greek: οινόπνευμα (oinópnevma) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Hebrew: אֶתָנוֹל (etanól) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Hindi: दक्षिन्यव (dakṣinyav) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Hungarian: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Ido: etanolo — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Indonesian: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Italian: etanolo — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Japanese: エタノール (etanōru) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Korean: 에탄올 (etanol) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Norwegian Bokmål: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Persian: اتانول (etânol) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Polish: alkohol etylowy — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Polish: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Portuguese: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Portuguese: álcool etílico — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Russian: этано́л (etanól) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Serbo-Croatian: етанол — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Serbo-Croatian: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Spanish: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Spanish: alcohol etílico — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Swedish: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Thai: เอทานอล — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Thai: เอทิลแอลกอฮอล์ — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Turkish: etanol — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Ukrainian: етано́л (etanól) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Ukrainian: ви́нний спирт (výnnyj spyrt) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Ukrainian: ети́ловий спирт (etýlovyj spyrt) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Urdu: دکشنیو (dakṣinyav) — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Vietnamese: cồn — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH
• Vietnamese: rượu ethylic — simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH