acide gras
French edit
Etymology edit
Coined by chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1813,[1] as they are acidic products of the hydrolysis of lipids.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
acide 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.