Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH.

    Ethanol, Äthanol

    этано́лetanól

    етано́лetanól, ви́нний спиртvýnnyj spyrt, ети́ловий спиртetýlovyj spyrt

  2. (uncountable, usually)Specifically, this form of alcohol as a fuel.

More definitions
  • the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Methanol is far more toxic than ethanol.

    deMethanol ist bei weitem giftiger als Ethanol.

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  2. The government is supporting the development of ethanol production.

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  3. It's the ethanol in beer that makes you drunk.

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  4. This volume of ethanol cannot completely dissolve 0.5 g of the white solid.

    ruДанный объём этанола не может полностью растворить 0,5 грамм белого твёрдого вещества.

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  5. Methanol has the same effects as ethanol, but also makes people blind.

    deMethanol hat die gleichen Auswirkungen wie Ethanol, macht darüber hinaus jedoch blind.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH:
Русский
By meaning 1
simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH:

Origin

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.

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Forms

plural: ethanols
Singularethanol

uncountable

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline:ethyl alcoholfermentation alcoholgrain alcohol

Word family

13 related words

See also

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