Synonyms for "saponification"

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

chemical reactionreaction

derived

3 entries

monosaponificationsaponification numbersaponification value

derived from

1 entries

saponify

has context

1 entries

chemistry

is a

1 entries

chemical reaction

related to

11 entries

acidalcoholalkalibasicesterfathydrolysismetallicoilsaltsoap

Translations

17 translations across 9 languages.

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Finnish

3 entries

• saippuoituminen noun (hydrolysis of ester)
• saippuoituminen noun (soap formation)
• saponifikaatio noun (hydrolysis of ester)

French

1 entries

• saponification noun (soap formation)

Greek

2 entries

• σαπωνοποίηση noun (hydrolysis of ester)
• σαπωνοποίηση noun (soap formation)

Japanese

1 entries

• 鹼化 noun (hydrolysis of ester)

Kazakh

1 entries

• сабындалу noun (hydrolysis of ester)

Polish

4 entries

• saponifikacja noun (hydrolysis of ester)
• saponifikacja noun (soap formation)
• zmydlanie noun (hydrolysis of ester)
• zmydlanie noun (soap formation)

Portuguese

2 entries

• saponificação noun (hydrolysis of ester)
• saponificação noun (soap formation)

Russian

1 entries

• омыление noun (hydrolysis of ester)

Spanish

2 entries

• saponificación noun (hydrolysis of ester)
• saponificación noun (soap formation)

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