"pyrrole" meaning in English

See pyrrole in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪɹəʊl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pyrrole.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pyrroles [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole From German Pyrrol, corresponding to Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “reddish, fiery”) + -ole. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|de:Pyrrol<ety:der<grc:πῠρρός>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "fire", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*péh₂wr̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*pāwər", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πῦρ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-rós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-rós", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ρός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πῠρρός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Pyrrol", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "pyrrole", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="pyrrole">, {{bor|en|de|Pyrrol}} German Pyrrol, {{uder|en|grc|πυρρός||reddish, fiery}} Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “reddish, fiery”), {{suffix|en||ole}} + -ole Head templates: {{en-noun}} pyrrole (plural pyrroles)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₅N. Synonyms: azole Translations (any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds): пиррол (pirrol) (Bashkir), пирол (pirol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pirrole [masculine] (Catalan), 吡咯 (bei² lok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 吡咯 (bǐluò) (Chinese Mandarin), pirolo (Esperanto), pyroli (Finnish), pyrrole [feminine] (French), Pyrrol [neuter] (German), pirrolo [masculine] (Italian), ピロール (pirōru) (Japanese), пиррол (pıyrrol) (Kazakh), 피롤 (pirol) (Korean), пиррол (pirrol) (Kyrgyz), pirol [masculine] (Polish), pirrol [masculine] (Portuguese), pirrol [masculine] (Spanish)

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        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "Terms with Korean translations",
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        "(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₅N."
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      "code": "ba",
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "roman": "bei² lok⁶",
      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
      "word": "吡咯"
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
      "word": "pyroli"
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "word": "pyrrole"
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "pirrol"
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}

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