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English
Etymology
From a blend of hydrogen + oxygen + -yl.
Noun
hydroxyl (plural hydroxyls)
- (chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.
Derived terms
Translations
-OH
- Armenian: հիդրօքսիլ (hidrōkʻsil)
- Catalan: hidroxil (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 羥基／羟基 (koeng5 gei1), 氫氧基／氢氧基 (hing1 joeng5 gei1)
- Mandarin: 羥基／羟基 (zh) (qiǎngjī), 氫氧基／氢氧基 (zh) (qīngyǎngjī)
- Finnish: hydroksyyli
- French: hydroxyle (fr) m
- German: Hydroxyl (de) n
- Greek: υδροξύλιο (el) n (ydroxýlio)
- Hindi: उदजारल (udjāral)
- Italian: ossidrile (it) m, idrossile (it) m
- Japanese: ヒドロキシル基 (ヒドロキシルき, hidorokishiru-ki) (organic chemistry), 水酸基 (ja) (すいさんき, suisanki) (inorganic chemistry)
- Korean: 히드록시기 (hideuroksigi), 수산기(水酸基) (susan'gi), 히드록실기 (hideuroksilgi)
- Lithuanian: hidroksilas m
- Malay: hidroksil (ms)
- Persian: هیدروکسیل (fa) (hidroksil)
- Portuguese: hidroxila f
- Russian: гидрокси́л (ru) m (gidroksíl)
- Spanish: hidroxilo (es) m, oxhidrilo m
- Swedish: hydroxyl c, hydroxylgrupp (sv) c
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