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German
Etymology 1
Noun
Iren
- plural of Ire
Etymology 2
Cognate with irene.
Noun
Iren n
- (chemistry) irene (hydrocarbon formed by dehydration of irone)
- 1893, F. Tiemann und P. Krüger, Ueber Veilchenaroma, in der naturwissenschaftlichen Rundschau, 9. Jahrgang (1894), page 304:
Dem Iron käme dem zu Folge die folgende Constitutionsformel zu: [...] so dass es sich vom Ionen wie das Iren nur durch die Lage der doppelten Bindung im Kerne unterschiede.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Norwegian
Proper noun
Iren
- a female given name, variant of Irene