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Erlenmeyer flask

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: flask

History

Etymology

Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶 (zeoi1 jing4 ping4) — conical laboratory flask
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶 (zhuīxíngpíng) — conical laboratory flask
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三角燒瓶 /三角烧瓶 (sānjiǎo shāopíng) — conical laboratory flask
  • Danish: erlenmeyerkolbe — conical laboratory flask
  • Danish: konisk kolbe — conical laboratory flask
  • Dutch: Erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • Finnish: erlenmeyerkolvi — conical laboratory flask
  • French: erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • Galician: matraz de erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • Galician: erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • German: Erlenmeyerkolben — conical laboratory flask
  • Hungarian: Erlenmeyer-lombik — conical laboratory flask
  • Indonesian: labu Erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • Italian: beuta — conical laboratory flask
  • Italian: matraccio di Erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • Malay: kelalang kon — conical laboratory flask
  • Norwegian Bokmål: erlenmeyerkolbe — conical laboratory flask
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: erlenmeyerkolbe — conical laboratory flask
  • Polish: erlenmajerka — conical laboratory flask
  • Polish: kolba stożkowa — conical laboratory flask
  • Polish: kolba Erlenmeyera — conical laboratory flask
  • Portuguese: frasco de Erlenmeyer — conical laboratory flask
  • Russian: ко́лба Э́рленме́йера (kólba Érlenméjjera) — conical laboratory flask
  • Russian: кони́ческая ко́лба (koníčeskaja kólba) — conical laboratory flask
  • Swedish: E-kolv — conical laboratory flask
  • Swedish: Erlenmeyerkolv — conical laboratory flask