"naphthalene" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnæfθəliːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-naphthalene.wav Forms: naphthalenes [plural]
Etymology: From naphtha + -ene. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|naphtha|-ene}} naphtha + -ene Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)
  1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (white crystalline hydrocarbon): нафталин (naftalin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), naftalina [feminine] (Catalan), (nài) (Chinese Mandarin), naftalín [masculine] (Czech), naftalino (Esperanto), naftaleeni (Finnish), naphtalène [masculine] (French), Naphthalin [neuter] (German), ναφθαλίνη (nafthalíni) [feminine] (Greek), naftalin (Hungarian), naftalino (Ido), naftalina [feminine] (Italian), ナフタレン (nafutaren) (Japanese), нафталин (naftalin) (Kazakh), naftalina [feminine] (Portuguese), нафтали́н (naftalín) [masculine] (Russian), naftalina (Spanish), naptalina (Tagalog)
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  2. (organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Organic compounds Translations (aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon): нафталин (naftalin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), naftalina [feminine] (Catalan), naftalè [masculine] (Catalan), (noi⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), (nài) (Chinese Mandarin), naftalen [masculine] (Czech), ναφθαλίνη (nafthalíni) [feminine] (Greek), naftalene [masculine] (Italian), ナフタレン (nafutaren) (Japanese), ナフタリン (nafutarin) (Japanese), 나프탈렌 (napeutallen) (Korean), нафтали́н (naftalín) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-naphthalene-en-noun-WQ-eAL3G Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: acene Coordinate_terms: benzene (1-ring acene), anthracene (3-ring acene)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "azonaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "azoxynaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "binaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "bromonaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "chlorodinitronaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "cinacalcet"
    },
    {
      "word": "circumnaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "decahydronaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "diaminonaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "diazanaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "dinaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "dinitronaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "lithium naphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "menadione"
    },
    {
      "word": "methallenestril"
    },
    {
      "word": "methylnaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitonafide"
    },
    {
      "word": "nadolol"
    },
    {
      "word": "nafarelin"
    },
    {
      "word": "nafcillin"
    },
    {
      "word": "nafoxadol"
    },
    {
      "word": "nalidixic acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthaleneacetic"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthaleneacetic acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthalenediamine"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthalene red"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthalenesulfonate"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthalene yellow"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthalenic"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthalic"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthazarin"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthoic"
    },
    {
      "word": "naphthoylindole"
    },
    {
      "word": "nitronaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "paranaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "polychlorinated naphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "terbinafine"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetrahydronaphthalene"
    },
    {
      "word": "triazanaphthalene"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "naphtha",
        "3": "-ene"
      },
      "expansion": "naphtha + -ene",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From naphtha + -ene.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naphthalenes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "acene"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "crystalline",
          "crystalline"
        ],
        [
          "hydrocarbon",
          "hydrocarbon"
        ],
        [
          "manufacture",
          "manufacture"
        ],
        [
          "coal tar",
          "coal tar"
        ],
        [
          "mothball",
          "mothball"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Organic compounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "aromatic",
          "aromatic"
        ],
        [
          "bicyclic",
          "bicyclic"
        ],
        [
          "acene",
          "acene"
        ],
        [
          "fused",
          "fused"
        ],
        [
          "benzene ring",
          "benzene ring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naftalin",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нафталин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nài",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "萘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalín"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "naftalino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "naftaleeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naphtalène"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Naphthalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nafthalíni",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ναφθαλίνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "naftalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "naftalino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nafutaren",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "ナフタレン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "naftalin",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "нафталин"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naftalín",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нафтали́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "naftalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "white crystalline hydrocarbon",
      "word": "naptalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naftalin",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нафталин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalè"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "noi⁶",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "word": "萘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nài",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "word": "萘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nafthalíni",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ναφθαλίνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naftalene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nafutaren",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "word": "ナフタレン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nafutarin",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "word": "ナフタリン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "napeutallen",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "word": "나프탈렌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naftalín",
      "sense": "aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нафтали́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "naphthalene"
}

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