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/ˈælkin/
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AE1 L K IY2 N
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An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: olefine, olefin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aliphatic compound
Narrower terms: ethylene, ethene
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan :
alquè
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Chinese Cantonese :
烯
(hei1)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Chinese Cantonese :
烯烴 /烯烃
(hei1 ting1)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Chinese Mandarin :
烯
(xī)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Chinese Mandarin :
烯烴 /烯烃
(xītīng)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Danish :
alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Esperanto :
alkeno
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Estonian :
alkeen
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Finnish :
alkeeni
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
French :
alcène
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
German :
Alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Hungarian :
alkén
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Ido :
alkeno
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Indonesian :
alkena
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Italian :
alchene
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Japanese :
アルケン
(aruken)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Japanese :
オレフィン
(orefin)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Japanese :
オレフィン系炭化水素
(orefin-kei tanka suiso)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Japanese :
エチレン系炭化水素
(echiren-kei tanka suiso)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Khmer :
អាល់សែន
(ʼalsaen)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Korean :
알켄
(alken)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Latvian :
alkēns
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Māori :
waiwaro-rua
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Norwegian Bokmål :
alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Norwegian Nynorsk :
alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Persian :
آلکن
(âlken)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Polish :
alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Portuguese :
alceno
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Romanian :
alchenă
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Russian :
алке́н
(alkén)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Spanish :
alqueno
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Swedish :
alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Turkish :
alken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Ukrainian :
алке́н
(alkén)
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Vietnamese :
anken
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Welsh :
alcen
— unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds