aldehyde en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).
Meanings
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Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
The air smells of strange, oceanic aldehydes.
2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 180:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aldehydes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
melon aldehyde · alanine · acetic aldehyde · polyaldehyde · chinaldine · Zincke aldehyde · glutaraldehyde · oxaldehyde · ketoaldehyde · selenoaldehyde · oxoaldehyde · perillaldehyde · amino aldehyde · thioaldehyde · aminoaldehyde · dialdehyde · haloaldehyde · aldehydic acid · pivalaldehyde · cinnamaldehyde · aldol · aldehyde oxidase · strawberry aldehyde · pentanaldehyde · semialdehyde · isoaldehyde · trialdehyde · aldazine · crotonaldehyde · syringaldehyde · monoaldehyde · aldehydic · bioaldehyde · -al · coniferyl aldehyde · aldimine · heteroaldehyde
Relateds
formaldehyde · acetaldehyde · ketone · benzaldehyde
Translations (34)
es aldehído (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · uk альдегі́д (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · fa آلدئید (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · yue 醛 (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · ca aldehid (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · pl aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · de Aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · cs aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · id alkanal (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · ko 알데하이드 (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · sv aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · da aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · cmn 醛 (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · et aldehüüd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · nb aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · fr aldéhyde (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · eo aldehido (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · hu aldehid (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · ko 알데히드 (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · ja アルデヒド (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · id aldehida (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · fi aldehydi (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · kk альдегид (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · ga aildéad (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · nn aldehyd (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · pt aldeído (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · nl aldehyde (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · vi anđêhit (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · km អាល់ដេអ៊ីត (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · ru альдеги́д (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · el αλδεΰδη (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · it aldeide (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · mi (w)hāparotahi (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) · fa آلدهید (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO)