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An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: monounsaturated fatty acid
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Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
олеинова киселина
(oleinova kiselina)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Catalan:
àcid oleic
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Chinese Cantonese:
油酸
(jau4 syun1)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Chinese Mandarin:
油酸
(yóusuān)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Czech:
kyselina olejová
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Estonian:
oleiinhape
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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French:
acide oléique
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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German:
Ölsäure
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Greek:
ελαϊκό οξύ
(elaïkó oxý)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Hindi:
म्रक्षिकाम्ल
(mrakṣikāmla)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Hungarian:
olajsav
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Icelandic:
olíusýra
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Irish:
aigéad óileach
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Italian:
acido oleico
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Japanese:
オレイン酸
(orein-san)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Japanese:
油酸
(yusan)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Persian:
اولئیک اسید
(ole'ik asid)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Polish:
kwas oleinowy
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Portuguese:
ácido oleico
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Romanian:
acid oleic
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Russian:
олеиновая кислота́
(oleinovaja kislotá)
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Serbo-Croatian:
олеинска киселина
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Serbo-Croatian:
oleinska kiselina
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Spanish:
ácido oleico
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Swedish:
oljesyra
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
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Welsh:
asid olëig
— fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
