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malic acid

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples, and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

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34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَمْض التُّفَّاح (ḥamḍ at-tuffāḥ) — the organic acid
  • Belarusian: я́блычная кіслата́ (jáblyčnaja kislatá) — the organic acid
  • Bulgarian: я́бълчена киселина́ (jábǎlčena kiseliná) — the organic acid
  • Catalan: àcid màlic — the organic acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘋果酸 /苹果酸 (píngguǒsuān) — the organic acid
  • Czech: kyselina jablečná — the organic acid
  • Dutch: appelzuur — the organic acid
  • Estonian: õunhape — the organic acid
  • Finnish: omenahappo — the organic acid
  • French: acide malique — the organic acid
  • German: Äpfelsäure — the organic acid
  • Hungarian: almasav — the organic acid
  • Italian: acido malico — the organic acid
  • Japanese: リンゴ酸 (ringosan) — the organic acid
  • Japanese: 林檎酸 (ringosan) — the organic acid
  • Korean: 말산 (malsan) — the organic acid
  • Korean: 사과산 (sagwasan) — the organic acid
  • Latvian: ābolskābe — the organic acid
  • Macedonian: јаболкова киселина (jabolkova kiselina) — the organic acid
  • Polish: kwas jabłkowy — the organic acid
  • Portuguese: ácido málico — the organic acid
  • Romanian: acid malic — the organic acid
  • Russian: я́блочная кислота́ (jábločnaja kislotá) — the organic acid
  • Russian: оксиянта́рная кислота́ (oksijantárnaja kislotá) — the organic acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: јабучна киселина — the organic acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: jabučna kiselina — the organic acid
  • Slovak: kyselina jablčná — the organic acid
  • Slovene: jabolčna kislina — the organic acid
  • Spanish: ácido málico — the organic acid
  • Swedish: äppelsyra — the organic acid
  • Swedish: äpplesyra — the organic acid
  • Turkish: malik asit — the organic acid
  • Ukrainian: я́блучна кислота́ (jáblučna kyslotá) — the organic acid
  • Welsh: asid malig — the organic acid