acetum

Other forms of acetum

plural

acetums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about acetum

What does acetum mean?

acetum means "a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acetum?

acetum has 3 syllables: a-ce-tum. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for acetum?

Close synonyms include vinegar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acetum a common word?

acetum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.