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benzofuran

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.

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

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noun

Meaning 2

a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- Latin furfur Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al English furfural Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English furan English benzofuran From benzo- + furan.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: бензофуран (benzofuran) — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苯並呋喃 /苯并呋喃 (běnbìngfūnán) — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氧茚 (yǎngyìn) — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Kazakh: бензофуран (benzofuran) — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Kyrgyz: бензофуран (benzofuran) — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Polish: benzofuran — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Polish: kumaron — class of bicyclic heterocycles
  • Spanish: benzofurano — class of bicyclic heterocycles