oleic acid

See also: oleïc acid

English

Isomers of oleic acid.

Alternative forms

• oleïc acid (obsolete)

Noun

oleic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.

Synonyms

• cis-octadecenoic acid

Translations

fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil

• Bulgarian: олеинова киселина f (oleinova kiselina)
• Catalan: àcid oleic m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 油酸 (jau⁴ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 油酸 (zh) (yóusuān)

• Czech: kyselina olejová f
• French: acide oléique (fr) m
• German: Ölsäure (de) f
• Greek: ελαϊκό οξύ n (elaïkó oxý)
• Hindi: म्रक्षिकाम्ल (mrakṣikāmla)
• Hungarian: olajsav
• Icelandic: olíusýra f

• Irish: aigéad óileach m
• Italian: acido oleico m
• Japanese: オレイン酸 (オレインさん, orein-san), 油酸 (ゆさん, yusan)
• Persian: اولئیک اسید‎ (ole'ik asid)
• Portuguese: ácido oleico m
• Romanian: acid oleic (ro) m
• Russian: олеиновая кислота́ f (oleinovaja kislotá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: олеинска киселина f

  Roman: oleinska kiselina f

• Spanish: ácido oleico m

See also

• petroselinic acid