salicylic
/sælɪˈsɪlɪk/adjective
salicylic is an adjective meaning “Derived from salicin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-L-I-C-Y-L-I-C, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does salicylic mean?
adjective
- 1
Derived from salicin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce salicylic?
- /sælɪˈsɪlɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is salicylic?
Salicylic appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Salicylic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense derived from salicin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | salicylique |
| Portuguese | salicílico |
| Spanish | salicílico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does salicylic come from?
From salicyl + -ic, from Latin salix (“willow tree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).