"chloroform" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chloroform.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Etymology: Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chloroforme}} French chloroforme Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} chloroform (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: trichloromethane, Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey Derived forms: chloroformer, chloroformism, chloroformist, deuterochloroform, methylchloroform, nitrochloroform Translations ((chemistry) an anesthetic): chloroform (Afrikaans), كْلُورُوفُورْم (klurufūrm) [masculine] (Arabic), kloroformo (Basque), хлороформ (hloroform) (Bulgarian), cloroform [masculine] (Catalan), 氯仿 (luk⁶ fong²) (Chinese Cantonese), 氯仿 (lǜfǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 哥羅仿 (Chinese Mandarin), 哥罗仿 (gēluófǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), chloroform [masculine] (Czech), kloroform [common-gender] (Danish), chloroform (Dutch), kloroformo (Esperanto), kloroformi (Finnish), chloroforme [masculine] (French), cloroformo (Galician), Chloroform [neuter] (German), χλωροφόρμιο (chlorofórmio) [masculine] (Greek), क्लोरोफार्म (klorophārm) [masculine] (Hindi), kloroform (Hungarian), klóróform [neuter] (Icelandic), cloroformio [masculine] (Italian), クロロホルム (kurorohorumu) (Japanese), 클로로포름 (keulloroporeum) (Korean), chloroformium chloroformum (Latin), kororohama (Maori), قلوروفورم (Ottoman Turkish), chloroform [masculine] (Polish), clorofórmio [masculine] (Portuguese), cloroform [neuter] (Romanian), хлорофо́рм (xlorofórm) [masculine] (Russian), chloroform (Scots), кло̏роформ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), хло̏роформ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), klȍroform [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hloroform [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), klorofórm [masculine] (Slovene), cloroformo [masculine] (Spanish), kloroform [common-gender] (Swedish), kloropormo (Tagalog), คลอโรฟอร์ม (klɔɔ-roo-fɔɔm) (Thai), kloroform (Turkish), хлорофо́рм (xlorofórm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chloroform-en-noun-1RpQ~J~H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chloroform.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chloroforms [present, singular, third-person], chloroforming [participle, present], chloroformed [participle, past], chloroformed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Etymology: Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chloroforme}} French chloroforme Head templates: {{en-verb}} chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)
  1. To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform. Related terms: methylene chloride, carbon tetrachloride, fluoroform, bromoform, iodoform Translations (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform): nukuttaa kloloformilla (Finnish), tainnuttaa kloloformilla (Finnish), chloroformer (French), cloroformizar (Galician), kloroformoz (Hungarian), kloroformmal elaltat (Hungarian), cloroformizzare (Italian), chloroformować [imperfective] (Polish), cloroformizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chloroform-en-verb-sQYBt6bF

Inflected forms

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        "(organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic."
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      "word": "Guthrie's sweet whiskey"
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      "code": "af",
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      "word": "chloroform"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kloroformo"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hloroform",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "хлороформ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloroform"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "luk⁶ fong²",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "氯仿"
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      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "氯仿"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "哥羅仿"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēluófǎng",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "哥罗仿"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chloroform"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kloroform"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "chloroform"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kloroformo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kloroformi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "chloroforme"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "cloroformo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Chloroform"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chlorofórmio",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χλωροφόρμιο"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "klorophārm",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क्लोरोफार्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kloroform"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klóróform"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloroformio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kurorohorumu",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "クロロホルム"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "keulloroporeum",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "클로로포름"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "chloroformium chloroformum"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kororohama"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "قلوروفورم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chloroform"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clorofórmio"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cloroform"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlorofórm",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "хлорофо́рм"
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      "code": "sco",
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      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "chloroform"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "кло̏роформ"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klorofórm"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloroformo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
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      "word": "kloroform"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kloropormo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "klɔɔ-roo-fɔɔm",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "คลอโรฟอร์ม"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "word": "kloroform"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xlorofórm",
      "sense": "(chemistry) an anesthetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хлорофо́рм"
    }
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  ],
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}

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      "word": "methylene chloride"
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      "word": "carbon tetrachloride"
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    {
      "word": "fluoroform"
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    {
      "word": "bromoform"
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      "word": "iodoform"
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      "ipa": "/ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "nukuttaa kloloformilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "tainnuttaa kloloformilla"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "chloroformer"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "cloroformizar"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "kloroformoz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "kloroformmal elaltat"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "word": "cloroformizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chloroformować"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform",
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