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carboxylic

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /kɑɹbɔkˈsɪlɪk/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AA0 R B AO0 K S IH1 L IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carboxyl

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: carboxílic — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Czech: karboxylový — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Danish: carboxyl- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Dutch: carbon- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Estonian: karboksüül- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Faroese: karboksyl- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Finnish: karboksyyli- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • French: carboxylique — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • German: Carboxyl- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Greek: καρβονικός (karvonikós) — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Greek: καρβοξυλικός (karvoxylikós) — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Indonesian: karboksilat — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Italian: carbossilico — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Kabuverdianu: karboksíliku — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Kabuverdianu: karboksíliku — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Kabuverdianu: carboxílicu — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Kabuverdianu: carboxílik' — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Kabuverdianu: karboxílik' — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Korean: 카복실 (kaboksil) — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Latin: carboxylicum — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Norwegian: karboksyl- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Polish: karboksylowy — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Portuguese: carboxílico — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Romanian: carboxilic — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Russian: карбокси́льный (karboksílʹnyj) — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̏рбоксӣлан — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȁrboksīlan — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Slovak: karboxylový — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Spanish: carboxílico — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Sundanese: karboksilat — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Swedish: karboxyl- — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Turkish: karboksilik — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
  • Welsh: carbocsylig — of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group
Real reading context

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