acide gras
French
editEtymology
editCoined by chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1813,[1] as they are acidic products of the hydrolysis of lipids.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editacide gras m (plural acides gras)
Descendants
edit- → English: fatty acid
- → German: Fettsäure
- → Italian: acido grasso
- → Spanish: ácido graso
References
edit- ^ Chevreul, M. E. (1813). Sur plusieurs corps gras, et particulièrement sur leurs combinaisons avec les alcalis. Annales de Chimie, t. 88, p. 225-261. Gallica, Google Books.
- “acide-gras” in L’Internaute.