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”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊpəl/

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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]

Sometimes abbreviated "Pr", but this conflicts with Pr = praseodymium.

• propylic

• “propyl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “propyl”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From prop- +‎ -yl.

• IPA^(key): /proːˈpil/
• Hyphenation: pro‧pyl

propyl n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (organic chemistry) propyl

Borrowed from English propyl.

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

propyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry) propyl

• “propyl”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)