-yl
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English
Etymology
Via French méthylène from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”).
Suffix
-yl
- (organic chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group formed from a given molecule. Thus propyl from propane, benzyl from benzene, and so forth.
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Translations
radical or functional group
References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
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-yl
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Middle English
Suffix
-yl
- Alternative form of -el (“agentive suffix”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
A new formation from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest; material, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-yl (definite singular neuter -ylet, definite singular masculine -ylen, indefinite plural -yl or -yler, definite plural -ylene or -yla)
- (organic chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl
- acetyl, akryl, etyl, fenyl, salisyl ― acetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl
References
- “-yl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).