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organic chemistry

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Orgo, O-chem

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemistry, chemical science

Narrower terms: biochemistry, phytochemistry

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: química orgánica — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Azerbaijani: üzvi kimya — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Belarusian: аргані́чная хі́мія (arhaníčnaja xímija) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Bulgarian: органична химия (organična himija) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Catalan: química orgànica — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Chinese Cantonese: 有機化學 /有机化学 (jau5 gei1 faa3 hok6) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有機化學 /有机化学 (yǒujī huàxué) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Czech: organická chemie — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Danish: organisk kemi — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Dutch: organische chemie — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Finnish: orgaaninen kemia — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • French: chimie organique — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Galician: química orgánica — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • German: organische Chemie — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Greek: οργανική χημεία (organikí chimeía) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Hebrew: כִּימְיָה אוֹרְגָּנִית (kímya organít) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Hungarian: szerves kémia — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Icelandic: lífræn efnafræði — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Irish: ceimic orgánach — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Italian: chimica organica — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Japanese: 有機化学 (yūki kagaku) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Kannada: ಇಂಗಾಲೀಯ ರಸಾಯನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (iṅgālīya rasāyanaśāstra) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Khmer: គីមីសរីរាង្គ (kiimii saʼrəyriəng) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Korean: 유기화학 (yugihwahak) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Malay: kimia organik — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Mongolian: органик хими (organik ximi) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠭᠠᠨᠢᠭ ᠬᠢᠮᠢ (orɣanig qimi) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Polish: chemia organiczna — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Portuguese: química orgânica — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Romanian: chimie organică — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Russian: органи́ческая хи́мия (organíčeskaja xímija) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Serbo-Croatian: organska kemija — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Spanish: química orgánica — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Swedish: organisk kemi — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Tagalog: haying kapnayan — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Thai: เคมีอินทรีย์ (kee-mii-in-sii) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Turkish: organik kimya — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Ukrainian: органі́чна хі́мія (orhaníčna xímija) — chemistry of carbon containing compounds
  • Vietnamese: hóa học hữu cơ — chemistry of carbon containing compounds