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alkyne

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈælkaɪn/
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  • rhymes with -aɪn

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

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.

  • Arabic: ألكاين — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Bulgarian: алкин (alkin) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Catalan: alquí — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Chinese Cantonese: 炔 (kyut3) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Chinese Cantonese: 炔烴 /炔烃 (kyut3 ting1) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炔 (quē) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炔烴 /炔烃 (quētīng) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Czech: alkyn — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Danish: alkyn — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Dutch: alkyn — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Esperanto: alkino — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Estonian: alküün — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Finnish: alkyyni — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • French: alcyne — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • German: Alkin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Greek: αλκίνιο (alkínio) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Hebrew: אלקין — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Hungarian: alkin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Indonesian: alkuna — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Italian: alchino — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Japanese: アルキン (arukin) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Japanese: アセチレン系炭化水素 (asechiren-kei tanka suiso) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Kazakh: алкин (alkin) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Khmer: អាល់ស៊ីន (ʼalsiin) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Korean: 알킨 (alkin) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Korean: 알카인 (alkain) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Latin: alkinum — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Latvian: alkīni — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Macedonian: алкин (alkin) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Malay: alkuna — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Persian: آلکین — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Polish: alkin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Portuguese: alcino — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Portuguese: alquino — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Romanian: alchină — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Russian: алки́н (alkín) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Serbo-Croatian: алкин — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Serbo-Croatian: alkin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Slovak: alkín — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Slovene: alkin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Spanish: alquino — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Sundanese: alkuna — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Swedish: alkyn — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Tamil: ஆல்க்கைன் (ālkkaiṉ) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Thai: แอลไคน์ (aelákai) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Turkish: alkin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Ukrainian: алкі́н (alkín) — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Vietnamese: ankin — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
  • Welsh: alcyn — hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
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