methanol

See also Methanol

English

Etymology

From methane +‎ -ol.

Noun

methanol (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.

Synonyms

• methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, wood spirits

Translations

the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲醇 (cmn) (jiǎchún)

• Finnish: metanoli (fi)
• German: Methanol (de) n
• Greek: μεθανόλη (el) (methanóli) f
• Icelandic: metanól (is) n
• Italian: metanolo (it) m
• Japanese: メタノール (ja) (metanōru)

• Romanian: metanol (ro) m
• Russian: метанол (ru) (metanól) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мета̀но̄л (sh) m

  Roman: metànōl (sh) m

• Slovene: metanól (sl) m
• Spanish: metanol (es) m
• Swedish: metanol (sv) c

See also

• Methanol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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