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thiophene

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 sulfur atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4S.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhewh2-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *pháňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phèneder. English phene English thiophene From thio- + phene ("benzene").

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  • Catalan: tiofè — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 噻吩 (sak1 fan1) — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噻吩 (sāifēn) — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Esperanto: tiofeno — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • German: Thiophen — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Hungarian: tiofén — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Italian: tiofene — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Japanese: チオフェン (chiofen) — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Kazakh: тиофен (tiofen) — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Korean: 티오펜 (tiopen) — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Portuguese: tiofeno — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Romanian: tiofen — aromatic heterocyclic compound
  • Spanish: tiofeno — aromatic heterocyclic compound