Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

alkyl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈælkaɪl/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈælkɪl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl From alc(ohol) + -yl.

Meanings

  1. Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁ derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. In other words, an alkane minus one hydrogen atom.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
alkyls Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

dialkyl · alkyl halide · heteroalkyl · alkylglycine · alkylzinc · alkylstibine · aminoalkyl · perfluoroalkyl · diazoalkyl · thioalkyl · hydroxyalkyl · alkylmercurial · alkylarene · cycloalkyl · fluoroalkyl · haloalkyl · mercaptoalkyl · aralkyl · alkyl nitrite · alkylphenol · alkylurea · carboxyalkyl · arylalkylamine · alkylnitrate · dialkylsilylene · alkylation · alkyl phosphate · alkylborane · polyfluoroalkyl · alkylphosphine · alkylpurine · alkyltransferase · alkylsulfanyl · alkylbenzene · cyanoalkyl · monoalkyl · alkylammonium · alkylmetal · alkylsilane · alkylguanine · alkylbenzoic · alkyllysinase · alkylate · benzalkonium · alkylglycerol · metalloalkyl · alkyloxonium · alkylic · alkylamino · alkylmercury · dialkylamine · chloroalkyl · alkylresorcinol · iodoalkyl · trialkylphosphate · oxoalkyl · alkyne · trialkyl · tetraalkylammonium · alkyl chloride · alkylamine

Relateds

octyl · heptyl · ethyl · propyl · and so on · methyl · nonyl · -yl · decyl · alkane · butyl · alkenyl · aryl · hexyl · amyl · alkynyl · pentyl

Translations (22)

pl alkil (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · ca alquil (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · hu alkilgyök (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · de Alkyl (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · ro alchil (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · fr alkyle (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · sv alkyl (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · fi alkyyli (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · cmn 烷基 (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · pt alquila (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · id alkil (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · nn alkyl (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · da alkyl (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · ga ailcil (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · it alchile (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · hu alkil (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · hu alkilcsoport (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · es alquilo (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · vi gốc hoàn chất 烷 (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · ru алки́л (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · nb alkyl (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) · vi gốc than nhẹ đầy (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1)