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A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6>H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 2-hydroxybenzoic acid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hydroxy acid
From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
սալիցիլաթթու
(salicʻilatʻtʻu)
— salicylic acid
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Belarusian:
саліцылавая кіслата
(salicylavaja kislata)
— salicylic acid
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Bulgarian:
салицилова киселина
(salicilova kiselina)
— salicylic acid
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Chinese Mandarin:
水楊酸 /水杨酸
(shuǐyángsuān)
— salicylic acid
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Czech:
kyselina salicylová
— salicylic acid
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Esperanto:
salikata acido
— salicylic acid
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Finnish:
salisyylihappo
— salicylic acid
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French:
acide salicylique
— salicylic acid
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Galician:
ácido salicílico
— salicylic acid
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German:
Salicylsäure
— salicylic acid
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Greek:
σαλικυλικό οξύ
(salikylikó oxý)
— salicylic acid
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Hungarian:
szalicilsav
— salicylic acid
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Italian:
acido salicilico
— salicylic acid
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Japanese:
サリチル酸
(sarichiru san)
— salicylic acid
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Korean:
살리실산
(sallisilsan)
— salicylic acid
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Macedonian:
салици́лна кисе́лина
(salicílna kisélina)
— salicylic acid
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Macedonian:
салици́л
(salicíl)
— salicylic acid
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Norwegian Bokmål:
salisyl
— salicylic acid
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Norwegian Bokmål:
salisylsyre
— salicylic acid
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Polish:
kwas salicylowy
— salicylic acid
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Portuguese:
ácido salicílico
— salicylic acid
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Romanian:
acid salicilic
— salicylic acid
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Russian:
салициловая кислота
(salicilovaja kislota)
— salicylic acid
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Slovak:
kyselina salicylová
— salicylic acid
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Slovene:
salicilna kislina
— salicylic acid
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Spanish:
ácido salicílico
— salicylic acid
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Swedish:
salicylsyra
— salicylic acid
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Turkish:
salisilik asit
— salicylic acid
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Ukrainian:
саліцилова кислота
(salicylova kyslota)
— salicylic acid
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Vietnamese:
axit salixilic
— salicylic acid
