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Webster 1913 Edition

Ethyl

Eth′yl

Noun.

[

Ether

-yl

(Chem.)

A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical,

C2H5

of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether.

Ethyl aldehyde

(Chem.)

See

Aldehyde

Definition 2025

Ethyl

See also: ethyl

German

Noun

Ethyl n ‎(genitive Ethyls, no plural)

(organic chemistry) Alternative form of Äthyl

Declension

Declension of Ethyl (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ethyl
genitive	eines	des	Ethyls
dative	einem	dem	Ethyl
accusative	ein	das	Ethyl

ethyl

See also: Ethyl

English

Noun

ethyl ‎(plural ethyls)

(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

Derived terms

ethyl

Translations

C₂H₅

Catalan: etil (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 乙基

Mandarin: 乙基 (zh)
German: Ethyl n, Äthyl n
Greek: αιθύλιο (el) n ‎(aithýlio)

Irish: eitil f
Italian: etile (it) m, etilico (it) (attributive)
Portuguese: etila f
Spanish: etilo m
Swedish: etyl (sv)
Turkish: etil (tr)

Anagrams

lyeth

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːˈtil/

Etymology

From eth- +‎ -yl.

Noun

ethyl n ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) ethyl

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Ethyl

Eth′yl

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Ethyl

Ethyl

German

Noun

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ethyl

ethyl

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Noun

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