fatty acid

noun

Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.

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Meanings

nounfatty acid (plural fatty acids)

plural fatty acids

  1. biochemistryAny of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.

Translations

Bulgarian ма́стна киселина́
  • ма́стна киселина́ (mástna kiseliná)acid
Catalan àcid gras
  • àcid grasacid
Chinese Cantonese 脂肪酸
  • 脂肪酸 (zi¹ fong¹ syun¹)acid
Chinese Mandarin 脂肪酸, 脂酸
  • 脂肪酸 (zhīfángsuān)acid
  • 脂酸 (zhīsuān)acid
Czech mastná kyselina
  • mastná kyselinaacid
Danish fedtsyre
  • fedtsyreacid
Dutch vetzuur
  • vetzuuracid
Finnish rasvahappo
  • rasvahappoacid
French acide gras
  • acide grasacid
German Fettsäure
  • Fettsäureacid
Greek λιπαρό οξύ
  • λιπαρό οξύ (liparó oxý)acid
Hindi वसीय अम्ल
  • वसीय अम्ल (vasīya amla)acid
Hungarian zsírsav
  • zsírsavacid
Icelandic fitusýra
  • fitusýraacid
Indonesian asam lemak
  • asam lemakacid
Irish aigéad sailleach
  • aigéad sailleachacid
Italian acido grasso
  • acido grassoacid
Japanese 脂肪酸
  • 脂肪酸 (shibōsan)acid
Korean 지방산
  • 지방산 (jibangsan)acid
Latvian taukskābe
  • taukskābeacid
Māori waikawa ngako
  • waikawa ngakoacid
Norwegian Bokmål fettsyre
  • fettsyreacid
Polish kwas tłuszczowy
  • kwas tłuszczowyacid
Portuguese ácido graxo
  • ácido graxoacid
Romanian acid gras
  • acid grasacid
Russian жи́рная кислота́
  • жи́рная кислота́ (žírnaja kislotá)acid
Spanish ácido graso
  • ácido grasoacid
Swedish fettsyra
  • fettsyraacid
Tamil கொழுப்பு அமிலம்
  • கொழுப்பு அமிலம் (koḻuppu amilam)acid
Thai กรดไขมัน
  • กรดไขมัน (gròt-kǎi-man)acid
Turkish yağ asidi
  • yağ asidiacid
Ukrainian жи́рна кислота́
  • жи́рна кислота́ (žýrna kyslotá)acid
Welsh asid brasterog
  • asid brasterogacid
Cite this entry
APA

fatty acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatty%20acid

MLA

“fatty acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatty%20acid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fatty acid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatty%20acid.

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