formaldehyde en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmældɪhaɪd/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English form(yl) 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 English formaldehyde From form(yl) + aldehyde.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
The shark chosen to replace the original was injected with 224 gallons of formaldehyde, ten times the amount used on the first shark and in a stronger concentration.
2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:Back in 2006, Hirst found himself at the centre of a different debate arising out of the need to refurbish or update formaldehyde pieces that are prone to decay. It related to the piece that made him famous: the formaldehyde shark The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), which had been bought by the US hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen for $8m.
2024 March 19, Maeve McClenaghan, “Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| formaldehydes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
polyformaldehyde · urea-formaldehyde · phenol formaldehyde resin · metaformaldehyde · deuteroformaldehyde · formose · paraformaldehyde
Hypernyms
volatile organic compound · aldehyde
Relateds
formalin · formic acid · thioformaldehyde · formol
Synonyms
Translations (41)
cmn 甲醛 (the organic compound HCHO) · ko 폼알데하이드 (the organic compound HCHO) · hi वम्रसुव्युद (the organic compound HCHO) · pl metanal (the organic compound HCHO) · ms formaldehid (the organic compound HCHO) · fa فرمالدئید (the organic compound HCHO) · vi fomanđêhít (the organic compound HCHO) · it formaldeide (the organic compound HCHO) · ms metanal (the organic compound HCHO) · ru формальдеги́д (the organic compound HCHO) · da formaldehyd (the organic compound HCHO) · cs formaldehyd (the organic compound HCHO) · io formaldehido (the organic compound HCHO) · be фармальдэгі́д (the organic compound HCHO) · io metanalo (the organic compound HCHO) · eo formaldehido (the organic compound HCHO) · ca formaldehid (the organic compound HCHO) · fi formaldehydi (the organic compound HCHO) · el φορμαλδεΰδη (the organic compound HCHO) · pl aldehyd mrówkowy (the organic compound HCHO) · yue 甲醛 (the organic compound HCHO) · pt formaldeído (the organic compound HCHO) · lt formaldehidas (the organic compound HCHO) · lv formaldehīds (the organic compound HCHO) · ro formaldehidă (the organic compound HCHO) · ja ホルムアルデヒド (the organic compound HCHO) · yue 蟻醛 /蚁醛 (the organic compound HCHO) · uk формальдегі́д (the organic compound HCHO) · hu formaldehid (the organic compound HCHO) · fa فرمالدهید (the organic compound HCHO) · sv formaldehyd (the organic compound HCHO) · id formaldehida (the organic compound HCHO) · de Formaldehyd (the organic compound HCHO) · fr formaldéhyde (the organic compound HCHO) · es formaldehído (the organic compound HCHO) · cmn 蟻醛 /蚁醛 (the organic compound HCHO) · pl formaldehyd (the organic compound HCHO) · th ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์ (the organic compound HCHO) · tr formaldehit (the organic compound HCHO) · he פורמלין (the organic compound HCHO) · nl formaldehyde (the organic compound HCHO)