ethyl
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛθaɪl/, /ˈɛθɪl/, /ˈiːθaɪl/, /ˈiːθɪl/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛθəl/
- Homophone: Ethel (for one pronunciation of ethyl)
- Rhymes: -ɛθɪl
Noun
ethyl (plural ethyls)
- (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- aminoethyl
- aminoethylpiperazine
- artemotil
- azidoethyl
- benzethonium
- bretazenil
- bretylium
- chloroethyl
- cyanoethyl
- dabigatran etexilate
- desethyl
- desethylchloroquine
- desethylsimazine
- diethyl
- diethylamide
- doxefazepam
- ecothiopate
- edrophonium
- emepronium
- etacrynic acid
- ethaverine
- ethionic acid
- ethosuximide
- ethotoin
- ethoxyethyl
- ethyl acetate
- ethyl acrylate
- ethyl alcohol
- ethylamine
- ethylamphetamine
- ethylaniline
- ethylate
- ethylation
- ethylbenzene
- ethyl benzoate
- ethyl biscoumacetate
- ethyl borate
- ethyl bromide
- ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate
- ethyl carbamate
- ethyl carfluzepate
- ethylcellulose
- ethyl cellulose
- ethyl chloride
- ethyl dirazepate
- ethylene
- ethylephedrine
- ethylestrenol
- ethyl ether
- ethyl formate
- ethyl green
- ethyl hexanoate
- ethyl hydrate
- ethyl hydroxide
- ethylic
- ethyl iodide
- ethylketazocine
- ethyl loflazepate
- ethylmaleimide
- ethyl mercaptan
- ethylmercury, ethyl mercury
- ethyl methyl cellulose
- ethyl methylphenylglycidate
- ethylmorphine
- ethyl nitrate
- ethyl nitrite
- ethylnitrosourea
- ethylnorepinephrine
- ethylol
- ethyl oxalate
- ethyl oxide
- ethylparaben
- ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate
- ethylphenacemide
- ethylphenol
- ethyl salicate
- ethyl silicate
- ethyl sulfide
- ethylsulphuric acid
- ethylthioxanthate
- ethyl urethane
- ethylvanillin
- ethyl vinyl ether
- ethylxanthate
- ethylxanthogenate
- eticlopride
- eticyclidine
- etidocaine
- etidronic acid
- etilefrine
- etilevodopa
- etizolam
- etodroxizine
- etomidate
- etretinate
- etybenzatropine
- fluoroethyl
- guanethidine
- hydroxyethyl
- hydroxyethylpromethazine
- iminoethyl
- methoxyethyl
- methyl ethyl ketone
- methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
- monoethyl
- nitrosoethylurea
- norgestrel
- octaethyl
- oxalethyline
- oxoethyl
- pethidine
- phenetol
- phenylethylamide
- suxethonium
- tetraethyl
- tetraethylammonium
- tetraethylgermanium
- tetra-ethyl lead
- thioethyl
- triethyl
Translations
C2H5
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːˈtil/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ethyl
- Rhymes: -il
Noun
ethyl n (uncountable, no diminutive)