"allylic" meaning in English

See allylic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈlɪlɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-allylic.wav [UK]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ālium Latin allium Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English allyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allylic From allyl + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|allyl|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin ālium Latin allium Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English allyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allylic [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "French", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swel-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῡ̔́λη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-yl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "allyl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "allylic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="allylic"> From allyl + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} allylic (not comparable)
  1. (organic chemistry) Containing an allyl group, an alkene hydrocarbon group with the formula H₂C=CH-CH₂- Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: allylically, allylic rearrangement, allylic shift, bisallylic, diallylic, homoallylic Translations (containing an allyl group): alílico (Portuguese), alilic (Romanian), alílico (Spanish)
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