-yl

See also: yl, Yl, YL, and yl-

English

Etymology

Via French méthylène from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”).[1]

Suffix

-yl

  1. (organic chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group formed from a given molecule. Thus propyl from propane, benzyl from benzene, and so forth.

Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -yl

Translations

References
  1. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Suffix

-yl

  1. (organic chemistry) -yl

Derived terms
Dutch terms suffixed with -yl

Middle English

Suffix

-yl

  1. Alternative form of -el (“agentive suffix”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

A new formation from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest; material, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /yːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -yːl
  • Hyphenation: -yl

Suffix

-yl (definite singular neuter -ylet, definite singular masculine -ylen, indefinite plural -yl or -yler, definite plural -ylene or -yla)

  1. (organic chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl
    acetyl, akryl, etyl, fenyl, salisyl ― acetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl

References
  • “-yl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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