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chloroform en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Etymology

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
   • If vapour of chloroform be passed over red-hot iron or copper it is entirely decomposed. 1838, Thomas Thomson, “Chloroform”, in Chemistry of Organic Bodies, Vegetables, page 313:
   • Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.

Coordinates

iodoform · triiodomethane · fluoroform · tribromomethane · bromoform · trifluoromethane

Deriveds

nitrochloroform · methyl chloroform · chloroformist · prechloroform · deuterochloroform · chloroformism · methylchloroform · chloroformize · chlorodyne · chloroformer

Descendants

chloroform · کُلوروفارٕم · คลอโรฟอร์ม

Hypernyms

compound · substance · trihalomethane · material · haloform

Synonyms

sweet whiskey · Guthrie's sweet whiskey · trichloromethane

Translations (42)

el χλωροφόρμιο ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ota قلوروفورم ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sco chloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · cs chloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · la chloroformium chloroformum ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ko 클로로포름 ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ru хлорофо́рм ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · tr kloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · de Chloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · es cloroformo ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · gl cloroformo ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · pt clorofórmio ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ja クロロホルム ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · cmn 氯仿 ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · uk хлорофо́рм ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ro cloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · hi क्लोरोफार्म ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ca cloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · fi kloroformi ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · eu kloroformo ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · nl chloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · pl chloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · th คลอโรฟอร์ม ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · mi kororohama ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · tl kloropormo ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · yue 氯仿 ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · is klóróform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · fr chloroforme ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · cmn 哥羅仿 /哥罗仿 ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · da kloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · hu kloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sh hloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sh кло̏роформ ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sh klȍroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · ar كْلُورُوفُورْم ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sv kloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · eo kloroformo ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sl klorofórm ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · bg хлороформ ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · sh хло̏роформ ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · af chloroform ((chemistry) an anesthetic) · it cloroformio ((chemistry) an anesthetic)

chloroform en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Etymology

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform.
   • Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder? 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

Forms

Deriveds

unchloroformed

Relateds

fluoroform · methylene chloride · carbon tetrachloride · iodoform · bromoform

Translations (9)

fi tainnuttaa kloloformilla (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · hu kloroformmal elaltat (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · gl cloroformizar (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · fi nukuttaa kloloformilla (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · fr chloroformer (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · pl chloroformować (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · it cloroformizzare (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · hu kloroformoz (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform) · es cloroformizar (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform)