propyl

From the chemical prefix propyl-, from propylic or directly from earlier French propylique, from prop(ionique) +‎ -yle +‎ -ique, where -yle, as in French méthylène, is from ὕλη (húlē, “wood, substance”).

propyl (plural propyls)

1. (organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₃H₇, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. [from 1850]

• propylic

• “propyl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “propyl”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

From prop- +‎ -yl.

• IPA^(key): /proːˈpil/

Hyphenation: pro‧pyl

propyl n (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) propyl

Borrowed from English propyl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.pɨl/
• Rhymes: -ɔpɨl
• Syllabification: pro‧pyl

propyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry) propyl

• propyl in Polish dictionaries at PWN