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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)piːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terpene.wav Forms: terpenes [plural]
Etymology: From German Terpen, coined by August Kekulé in 1866 in analogy to German Terpentin, from Latin terebinthina. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Terpen}} German Terpen, {{coin|en|August Kekulé|in=1866|nocap=1|nocat=1}} coined by August Kekulé in 1866, {{der|en|de|Terpentin}} German Terpentin, {{der|en|la|terebinthina}} Latin terebinthina Head templates: {{en-noun}} terpene (plural terpenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber. Wikipedia link: terpene Categories (topical): Organic compounds Hypernyms: hydrocarbon Hyponyms: diterpene, monoterpene, polyterpene, sesquiterpene, sesterterpene, tetraterpene, triterpene Derived forms: pine terpene Related terms: terpane, terpenoid, terpeneless Translations (organic compound): terpè [masculine] (Catalan), (tip³) (Chinese Cantonese), (tiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 萜烯 (tiēxī) (Chinese Mandarin), terpeno (Esperanto), terpeeni (Finnish), Terpen [neuter] (German), terpén (Hungarian), テルペン (terupen) (Japanese), терпен (terpen) (Kazakh), 텔펜 (telpen) (Korean), terpeno [masculine] (Spanish)

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /terˈpɛ.ne/ Forms: terpeni [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛne Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} terpene m (plural terpeni)
  1. terpene Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Derived forms: diterpene, emiterpene, monoterpene, politerpene, sesquiterpene, sesterpene, triterpene Related terms: terpenico, terpino
    Sense id: en-terpene-it-noun-98Aq9Dfk Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "triterpene"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "terpeni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "terpene m (plural terpeni)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ter‧pè‧ne"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "terpenico"
    },
    {
      "word": "terpino"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛne",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛne/3 syllables",
        "it:Organic chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "terpene"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "terpene",
          "terpene#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/terˈpɛ.ne/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "terpene"
}

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