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pyrrole

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H5N.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole From German Pyrrol, corresponding to Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “reddish, fiery”) + -ole.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: пиррол (pirrol) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Bulgarian: пирол (pirol) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Catalan: pirrole — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Chinese Cantonese: 吡咯 (bei2 lok6) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吡咯 (bǐluò) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Esperanto: pirolo — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Finnish: pyroli — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • French: pyrrole — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • German: Pyrrol — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Italian: pirrolo — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Japanese: ピロール (pirōru) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Kazakh: пиррол (pirrol) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Korean: 피롤 (pirol) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Kyrgyz: пиррол (pirrol) — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Polish: pirol — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Portuguese: pirrol — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
  • Spanish: pirrol — any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds