chloral

English

Etymology

Blend of chlorine +‎ alcohol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːɹæl/

Noun

chloral (usually uncountable, plural chlorals)

1. A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
   • 1997, Vivien Allen, Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 100:

     ‘They say there is a skeleton in every cupboard,’ Rossetti said quietly, ‘and that's mine; it's chloral.’ Caine was shocked but forbore to comment.

Derived terms

• chloralamide
• chloral hydrate
• chloralism
• metachloral

 

Related terms

• chloralamide

Translations

an organic compound

• German: Chloral n
• Hindi: नीरसु (nīrsu)
• Italian: cloralio m

Further reading

• chloral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔ.ʁal/

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Noun

chloral m (plural chloraux)

1. chloral

Further reading

• “chloral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.