English Explanatory Dictionary

aldehyde

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.

Pronunciation

/ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aldehyde.wav

Word forms

aldehyde aldehydes

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).

Related words

Derived words

acetic aldehyde -al aldazine aldehyde oxidase aldehydic aldehydic acid aldimine aldol aminoaldehyde amino aldehyde bioaldehyde chinaldine cinnamaldehyde coniferyl aldehyde crotonaldehyde dialdehyde glutaraldehyde haloaldehyde heteroaldehyde isoaldehyde ketoaldehyde melon aldehyde monoaldehyde oxaldehyde oxoaldehyde perillaldehyde pivalaldehyde polyaldehyde selenoaldehyde semialdehyde strawberry aldehyde syringaldehyde thioaldehyde trialdehyde Zincke aldehyde

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