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A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acetylene, ethyne
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aliphatic compound
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl English -yne English alkyne Formed as alkyl + -yne.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ألكاين
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Bulgarian:
алкин
(alkin)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Catalan:
alquí
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Chinese Cantonese:
炔
(kyut3)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Chinese Cantonese:
炔烴 /炔烃
(kyut3 ting1)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Chinese Mandarin:
炔
(quē)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Chinese Mandarin:
炔烴 /炔烃
(quētīng)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Czech:
alkyn
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Danish:
alkyn
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Dutch:
alkyn
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Esperanto:
alkino
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Estonian:
alküün
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Finnish:
alkyyni
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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French:
alcyne
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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German:
Alkin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Greek:
αλκίνιο
(alkínio)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Hebrew:
אלקין
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Hungarian:
alkin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Indonesian:
alkuna
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Italian:
alchino
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Japanese:
アルキン
(arukin)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Japanese:
アセチレン系炭化水素
(asechiren-kei tanka suiso)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Kazakh:
алкин
(alkin)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Khmer:
អាល់ស៊ីន
(ʼalsiin)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Korean:
알킨
(alkin)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Korean:
알카인
(alkain)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Latin:
alkinum
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Latvian:
alkīni
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Macedonian:
алкин
(alkin)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Malay:
alkuna
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Persian:
آلکین
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Polish:
alkin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Portuguese:
alcino
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Portuguese:
alquino
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Romanian:
alchină
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Russian:
алки́н
(alkín)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Serbo-Croatian:
алкин
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Serbo-Croatian:
alkin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Slovak:
alkín
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Slovene:
alkin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Spanish:
alquino
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Sundanese:
alkuna
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Swedish:
alkyn
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Tamil:
ஆல்க்கைன்
(ālkkaiṉ)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Thai:
แอลไคน์
(aelákai)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Turkish:
alkin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Ukrainian:
алкі́н
(alkín)
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Vietnamese:
ankin
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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Welsh:
alcyn
— hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond