ethyl

See also: Ethyl and éthyl

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō

Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)

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Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?

Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der.

Latin aethērbor.

German Äther

German Ether

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

German -yl

German Ethylbor.

English ethyl

From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθaɪl/, /ˈɛθɪl/, /ˈiːθaɪl/, /ˈiːθɪl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθəl/

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• Homophone: Ethel (for one pronunciation of ethyl)
• Rhymes: -ɛθɪl

Noun

ethyl (plural ethyls)

1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

Synonyms

• E (acronymizing abbreviation)
• Et (chemical shorthand, found in chemical formulae)
• (C₂H₅)

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

• Catalan: etil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 乙基 (jyut³ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 乙基 (zh) (yǐjī)

• Finnish: etyyli
• German: Ethyl n, Äthyl n
• Greek: αιθύλιο (el) n (aithýlio)
• Hungarian: etil (hu)
• Irish: eitil f
• Italian: etile (it) m
• Polish: etyl m
• Portuguese: etilo m (Portugal), etila (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: эти́л (ru) m (etíl)
• Spanish: etilo m
• Swedish: etyl (sv)
• Turkish: etil (tr)

Anagrams

• Lethy, Lythe, lyeth, lythe, they'l, thyle

Dutch

Etymology

From eth- +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːˈtil/

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• Hyphenation: ethyl
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

ethyl n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (organic chemistry) ethyl