"ethyl" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛθaɪl/ [UK], /ˈɛθɪl/ [UK], /ˈiːθaɪl/ [UK], /ˈiːθɪl/ [UK], /ˈɛθəl/ [Canada, US] Audio: en-ca-ethyl.opus [Canada] Forms: ethyls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛθɪl Etymology: From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Ethyl}} German Ethyl, {{m|de|Ether}} Ether, {{af|en|-yl}} -yl Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethyl (plural ethyls)
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Synonyms: E (english: acronymizing abbreviation), Et (english: chemical shorthand, found in chemical formulae) Translations (C2H5): etil [masculine] (Catalan), 乙基 (jyut³ gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 乙基 (yǐjī) (Chinese Mandarin), Ethyl [neuter] (German), Äthyl [neuter] (German), αιθύλιο (aithýlio) [neuter] (Greek), etil (Hungarian), eitil [feminine] (Irish), etile [masculine] (Italian), etilico [attributive] (Italian), etyl [masculine] (Polish), etilo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), etila [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), эти́л (etíl) [masculine] (Russian), etilo [masculine] (Spanish), etyl (Swedish), etil (Turkish)

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