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-yl
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yl Yl YL yl-
English
Etymology
en :der fr:-<ety:der<grc:ῡ̔́λη>> 1
Via en fr méthylène from en grc ὕλη wood, material.The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
Suffix
en organic chemistry A univalent radical or functional group formed from a given molecule. Thus en propyl from propane, en benzyl from benzene, and so forth.
Derived terms
en -enyl -ylidene -ynyl
en
Translations
radical or functional group
Finnish: fi -yyli
German: de -yl
Hindi: hi -ल -l
Italian: it -ile
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -yl
Polish: pl -yl m
Portuguese: pt -ilo m, pt -ila f
Russian: ru -ил m
Spanish: es -ila f
Swedish: sv -yl
References
Anagrams
en ly -ly LY Ly Ly-α ly ly-
en Hydrocarbon chain suffixes
Danish
Etymology
A new formation from da grc ὕλη wood, forest; material, matter, from da ine-pro *swel-, *sel- firewood, wood, beam.
Pronunciation
da [-ˈyˀl]
Suffix
da suffix definite singular neuter -ylet definite singular masculine -ylen indefinite plural -yler definite plural -ylerne
da noun da hydrocarbon chain suffix Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl
da acetyl, akryl, ætyl, fenyl, salicyl acetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl 1
References
da noun-forming suffixes
da Chemistry Organic chemistry
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl--yl.ogg
Suffix
nl suffix
nl hydrocarbon chain suffix en -yl
Derived terms
nl
Related terms
nl alkyl -aan -een -yn
German
Etymology
de :der grc:ῡ̔́λη
From de grc ὕλη wood.
Pronunciation
de /yːl/
de De--yl.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Suffix
de suffix
de hydrocarbon chain suffix en -yl
Related terms
de Alkyl
de -an
de -en
de -in
Middle English
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -el agentive suffix agentive
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
A new formation from nb grc ὕλη wood, forest; material, matter, from nb ine-pro *swel-, *sel- firewood, wood, beam.
Pronunciation
nb /yːl/
nb nb--yl.ogg
nb yːl
nb -yl
Suffix
nb suffix (definite singular neuter nb -ylet, definite singular masculine nb -ylen, indefinite plural nb -yl or nb -yler, definite plural nb -ylene or nb -yla)
nb noun nb hydrocarbon chain suffix Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl
nb acetyl, akryl, etyl, fenyl, salisyl acetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl 1
References
nb noun-forming suffixes
nb Chemistry Organic chemistry
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
pl Slavic :inh sla-pro:*-yľь + +
Suffix
pl suffix m
forms nouns
pl szczać szczyl
Declension
Masculine animal:
Masculine personal:
Derived terms
pl
Etymology 2
pl chemistry :bor en:-yl + +
Suffix
pl suffix m
en -yl
Declension
Derived terms
pl