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Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)

English ethyl

From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl.

• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛθaɪl/, /ˈɛθɪl/, /ˈiːθaɪl/, /ˈiːθɪl/
• (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛθəl/
• Homophone: Ethel (for one pronunciation of ethyl)
• Rhymes: -ɛθɪl

ethyl (plural ethyls)

1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

• E (acronymizing abbreviation)

• Et (chemical shorthand, found in chemical formulae)

• (C₂H₅)

• aminoethyl

• aminoethylpiperazine

• artemotil

• azidoethyl

• benzethonium

• bretazenil

• bretylium

• chloroethyl

• cyanoethyl

• dabigatran etexilate

• desethyl

• desethylchloroquine

• desethylsimazine

• diethyl

• diethylamide

• doxefazepam

• ecothiopate

• edrophonium

• emepronium

• etacrynic acid

• ethaverine

• ethionic acid

• ethosuximide

• ethotoin

• ethoxyethyl

• ethyl acetate

• ethyl acrylate

• ethyl alcohol

• ethylamine

• ethylamphetamine

• ethylaniline

• ethylate

• ethylation

• ethylbenzene

• ethyl benzoate

• ethyl biscoumacetate

• ethyl borate

• ethyl bromide

• ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate

• ethyl carbamate

• ethyl carfluzepate

• ethylcellulose

• ethyl cellulose

• ethyl chloride

• ethyl dirazepate

• ethylene

• ethylephedrine

• ethylestrenol

• ethyl ether

• ethyl formate

• ethyl green

• ethyl hexanoate

• ethyl hydrate

• ethyl hydroxide

• ethylic

• ethyl iodide

• ethylketazocine

• ethyl loflazepate

• ethylmaleimide

• ethyl mercaptan

• ethylmercury, ethyl mercury

• ethyl methyl cellulose

• ethyl methylphenylglycidate

• ethylmorphine

• ethyl nitrate

• ethyl nitrite

• ethylnitrosourea

• ethylnorepinephrine

• ethylol

• ethyl oxalate

• ethyl oxide

• ethylparaben

• ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate

• ethylphenacemide

• ethylphenol

• ethyl salicate

• ethyl silicate

• ethyl sulfide

• ethylsulphuric acid

• ethylthioxanthate

• ethyl urethane

• ethylvanillin

• ethyl vinyl ether

• ethylxanthate

• ethylxanthogenate

• eticlopride

• eticyclidine

• etidocaine

• etidronic acid

• etilefrine

• etilevodopa

• etizolam

• etodroxizine

• etomidate

• etretinate

• etybenzatropine

• fluoroethyl

• guanethidine

• hydroxyethyl

• hydroxyethylpromethazine

• iminoethyl

• methoxyethyl

• methyl ethyl ketone

• methyl ethyl ketone peroxide

• monoethyl

• nitrosoethylurea

• norgestrel

• octaethyl

• oxalethyline

• oxoethyl

• pethidine

• phenetol

• phenylethylamide

• suxethonium

• tetraethyl

• tetraethylammonium

• tetraethylgermanium

• tetra-ethyl lead

• thioethyl

• triethyl

C2H5

• Catalan: etil (ca) m

• Chinese:
  Cantonese: 乙基 (jyut3 gei1)
  Mandarin: 乙基 (zh) (yǐjī)

• Finnish: etyyli

• German: Ethyl n, Äthyl n

• Greek: αιθύλιο (el) n (aithýlio)

• Hungarian: etil (hu)

• Irish: eitil f

• Italian: etile (it) m

• Polish: etyl m

• Portuguese: etilo m (Portugal), etila (pt) f (Brazil)

• Russian: эти́л (ru) m (etíl)

• Spanish: etilo m

• Swedish: etyl (sv)

• Turkish: etil (tr)

• Lethy, Lythe, lyeth, lythe, they'l, thyle

From eth- +‎ -yl.

• IPA(key): /eːˈtil/
• Hyphenation: ethyl
• Rhymes: -il

ethyl n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (organic chemistry) ethyl