English Explanatory Dictionary

cyclopropane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-cyclopropane.wav

Word forms

cyclopropane cyclopropanes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English propane English cyclopropane From cyclo- + propane.

Derived words

cyclopropanation cyclopropanetrione cyclopropannulated cyclopropannulation cyclopropyl dibromocyclopropane methylenecyclopropane milnacipran spirocyclopropane tetramethylcyclopropane titanacyclopropane tranylcypromine

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary