stearic acid

noun

octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.

Similar
E570octadecanoic acid
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Meanings

nounstearic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryoctadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.

    Synonyms: E570, octadecanoic acid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounoctadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.

Similar
E570octadecanoic acid

More synonyms by meaning

nouna waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats

Similar
octadecanoic acid
Broader
saturated fatty acid
Also see
octadecanoic acid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 硬脂酸
  • 硬脂酸 (ngaang⁶ zi¹ syun¹)fatty acid
Chinese Mandarin 硬脂酸
  • 硬脂酸 (yìngzhīsuān)fatty acid
Czech kyselina stearová
  • kyselina stearováfatty acid
Finnish steariinihappo, oktadekaanihappo
  • steariinihappofatty acid
  • oktadekaanihappofatty acid
French acide stéarique
  • acide stéariquefatty acid
German Stearinsäure
  • Stearinsäurefatty acid
Hungarian sztearinsav
  • sztearinsavfatty acid
Italian acido stearico
  • acido stearicofatty acid
Japanese ステアリン酸, オクタデカン酸
  • ステアリン酸 (sutearin-san)fatty acid
  • オクタデカン酸 (okutadekan-san)fatty acid
Korean 스테아르산
  • 스테아르산 (seuteareusan)fatty acid
Persian استئاریک اسید
  • استئاریک اسید (este'ârik asid)fatty acid
Polish kwas stearynowy
  • kwas stearynowyfatty acid
Portuguese ácido esteárico
  • ácido esteáricofatty acid
Romanian acid stearic
  • acid stearicfatty acid
Russian стеари́новая кислота́, октадека́новая кислота́
  • стеари́новая кислота́ (stearínovaja kislotá)fatty acid
  • октадека́новая кислота́ (oktadekánovaja kislotá)fatty acid
Spanish ácido esteárico
  • ácido esteáricofatty acid
Swedish stearinsyra
  • stearinsyrafatty acid
Welsh asid stearig
  • asid stearigfatty acid
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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