ethanol

Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane +‎ -ol.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/

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ethanol (usually uncountable, plural ethanols)

2. (organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH.
   • 2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.

3. Specifically, this form of alcohol as a fuel.
   • 2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39:

     In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually.

• (simple aliphatic alcohol): alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylol, EtOH, monohydroxyethane, grain alcohol, methylcarbinol, E1510 (when used as a food additive)

• (simple aliphatic alcohol): NGS (“neutral grain spirit”), GNS (“grain neutral spirit”), GS (“grain spirit”), NS (“neutral spirit”), rectified spirit, neutral alcohol; (high-test ethanol solution, usually with distilled/deionized water) (especially food-grade ones)

• Athlone, anethol, anthole, loaneth

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛdɦanol]

ethanol m inan

1. ethanol (simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From ethaan +‎ -ol.

• IPA^(key): /eːtaːˈnɔl/

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• Hyphenation: etha‧nol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

ethanol n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (organic chemistry) ethanol

• → Indonesian: etanol

ethanol (plural ethanol-ethanol)

1. (chemistry, nonstandard) alternative spelling of etanol (“ethanol”)