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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmældɪhaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formaldehyde.wav Forms: formaldehydes [plural]
Etymology: From form(yl) + aldehyde. Etymology templates: {{af|en|formyl|aldehyde|alt1=form(yl)}} form(yl) + aldehyde Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} formaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural formaldehydes)
  1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms (HCHO): E240, methanal [IUPAC] Hypernyms (organic compound): aldehyde, volatile organic compound Derived forms: phenol formaldehyde resin, urea-formaldehyde Related terms: formalin, formic acid, formol, thioformaldehyde Translations (organic compound): фармальдэгі́д (farmalʹdehíd) [masculine] (Belarusian), formaldehid [masculine] (Catalan), 甲醛 (gaap³ cyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 蟻醛 (Chinese Cantonese), 蚁醛 (ngai⁵ cyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 甲醛 (jiǎquán) (Chinese Mandarin), 蟻醛 (Chinese Mandarin), 蚁醛 (yǐquán) (Chinese Mandarin), formaldehyd [masculine] (Czech), formaldehyd [common-gender] (Danish), formaldehyde (Dutch), formaldehido (Esperanto), formaldehydi (Finnish), formaldéhyde [masculine] (French), Formaldehyd [masculine] (German), φορμαλδεΰδη (formaldeÿ́di) [feminine] (Greek), פורמלין (formalín) [masculine] (Hebrew), वम्रसुव्युद (vamrasuvyud) (Hindi), formaldehid (Hungarian), formaldehido (Ido), metanalo (Ido), formaldehida (Indonesian), formaldeide (Italian), ホルムアルデヒド (horumuarudehido) (Japanese), 폼알데하이드 (pomaldehaideu) (Korean), formaldehīds [masculine] (Latvian), formaldehidas (Lithuanian), formaldehid (Malay), metanal (Malay), فرمالدئید (formâlde'id) (Persian), فرمالدهید (formâldehid) (Persian), aldehyd mrówkowy [masculine] (Polish), formaldehyd [masculine] (Polish), metanal [masculine] (Polish), formaldeído [masculine] (Portuguese), формальдеги́д (formalʹdɛgíd) [masculine] (Russian), formaldehído (Spanish), formaldehyd [common-gender] (Swedish), ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์ (Thai), formaldehit (Turkish), формальдегі́д (formalʹdehíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), fomanđêhít (Vietnamese)
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        "en:Organic compounds"
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          "ref": "2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2024 March 19, Maeve McClenaghan, “Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "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.",
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        "The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin."
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          "dissolve"
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          "formalin"
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        "(organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin."
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        "uncountable"
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        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
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      "ipa": "/fɔː(ɹ)ˈmældɪhaɪd/"
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      "sense": "HCHO",
      "word": "E240"
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      "sense": "HCHO",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "farmalʹdehíd",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фармальдэгі́д"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "organic compound",
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      "word": "formaldehid"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "gaap³ cyun⁴",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "甲醛"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "蟻醛"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "ngai⁵ cyun⁴",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "蚁醛"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎquán",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "甲醛"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "蟻醛"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐquán",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "蚁醛"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "formaldehyd"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "formaldehyd"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehyde"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehido"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehydi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "formaldéhyde"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Formaldehyd"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "formaldeÿ́di",
      "sense": "organic compound",
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      "word": "φορμαλδεΰδη"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "formalín",
      "sense": "organic compound",
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      "sense": "organic compound",
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      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehid"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehido"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "metanalo"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehida"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldeide"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "horumuarudehido",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "ホルムアルデヒド"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pomaldehaideu",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "폼알데하이드"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "formaldehīds"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehidas"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehid"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "metanal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "formâlde'id",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "فرمالدئید"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "formâldehid",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "فرمالدهید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aldehyd mrówkowy"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "formaldehyd"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metanal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formaldeído"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "formalʹdɛgíd",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формальдеги́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehído"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "formaldehyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "formaldehit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "formalʹdehíd",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формальдегі́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organic compound",
      "word": "fomanđêhít"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formaldehyde"
}

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