See formyl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "formīca",
"4": "",
"5": "ant"
},
"expansion": "Latin formīca (“ant”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "",
"3": "yl"
},
"expansion": "+ -yl",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Formed from the root of Latin formīca (“ant”) + -yl",
"forms": [
{
"form": "formyls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "formyl (plural formyls)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with manual fragments",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -yl",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Organic chemistry",
"orig": "en:Organic chemistry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "chloroformyl"
},
{
"word": "formylase"
},
{
"word": "formylate"
},
{
"word": "formylation"
},
{
"word": "formyl chloride"
},
{
"word": "formyl fluoride"
},
{
"word": "formylglutathione"
},
{
"word": "formylglycine"
},
{
"word": "formylium"
},
{
"word": "formylmethanofuran"
},
{
"word": "formyl methionine"
},
{
"word": "formylmethionine"
},
{
"word": "formyl peptide receptor"
},
{
"word": "formyltransferase"
},
{
"word": "tetraformyl"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes"
],
"id": "en-formyl-en-noun-tY2MU6cE",
"links": [
[
"organic chemistry",
"organic chemistry"
],
[
"univalent",
"univalent"
],
[
"radical",
"radical"
],
[
"formaldehyde",
"formaldehyde"
],
[
"aldehyde",
"aldehyde"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "-form"
},
{
"word": "form-"
},
{
"word": "formic"
},
{
"word": "formo-"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "methanoyl"
}
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"organic-chemistry",
"physical-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "-CHO",
"word": "formyle"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "-CHO",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "formýl"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "-CHO",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "formile"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)maɪl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formyl.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "formyl"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "chloroformyl"
},
{
"word": "formylase"
},
{
"word": "formylate"
},
{
"word": "formylation"
},
{
"word": "formyl chloride"
},
{
"word": "formyl fluoride"
},
{
"word": "formylglutathione"
},
{
"word": "formylglycine"
},
{
"word": "formylium"
},
{
"word": "formylmethanofuran"
},
{
"word": "formyl methionine"
},
{
"word": "formylmethionine"
},
{
"word": "formyl peptide receptor"
},
{
"word": "formyltransferase"
},
{
"word": "tetraformyl"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "formīca",
"4": "",
"5": "ant"
},
"expansion": "Latin formīca (“ant”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "",
"3": "yl"
},
"expansion": "+ -yl",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Formed from the root of Latin formīca (“ant”) + -yl",
"forms": [
{
"form": "formyls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "formyl (plural formyls)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "-form"
},
{
"word": "form-"
},
{
"word": "formic"
},
{
"word": "formo-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English links with manual fragments",
"English links with redundant alt parameters",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms suffixed with -yl",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"en:Organic chemistry"
],
"glosses": [
"The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes"
],
"links": [
[
"organic chemistry",
"organic chemistry"
],
[
"univalent",
"univalent"
],
[
"radical",
"radical"
],
[
"formaldehyde",
"formaldehyde"
],
[
"aldehyde",
"aldehyde"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "methanoyl"
}
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"organic-chemistry",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)maɪl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formyl.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl.wav.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "-CHO",
"word": "formyle"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "-CHO",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "formýl"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "-CHO",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "formile"
}
],
"word": "formyl"
}
Download raw JSONL data for formyl meaning in English (3.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.