Phrase guide

carbonyl chloride

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A toxic gas, COCl2, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фосген (fosgen) — the compound COCl2
  • Catalan: fosgen — the compound COCl2
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碳醯氯 (tànxīlǜ) — the compound COCl2
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碳酰氯 (tànxiānlǜ) — the compound COCl2
  • Finnish: karbonyylikloridi — the compound COCl2
  • Galician: fósxeno — the compound COCl2
  • German: Carbonylchlorid — the compound COCl2
  • Hungarian: foszgén — the compound COCl2
  • Hungarian: karbonil-klorid — the compound COCl2
  • Italian: ossicloruro di carbonio — the compound COCl2
  • Kazakh: фосген (fosgen) — the compound COCl2
  • Kyrgyz: фосген (fosgen) — the compound COCl2
  • Spanish: fosgeno — the compound COCl2