carbon tetrachloride

English

Noun

carbon tetrachloride (uncountable)

1. (chemical compound) The halogenated hydrocarbon tetrachloromethane; a toxic, nonflammable liquid, used as a solvent, formerly used in dry cleaning and in fire extinguishers.

Synonyms

• tetrachloromethane
• carbon chloride
• carbon tet
• perchloromethane
• Necatorina

Hypernyms

• chloromethane
• chlorocarbon
• halomethane
• halocarbon

Translations

solvent

• Bengali: কার্বন টেট্রাক্লোরাইড (karbon ṭeṭraklōraiḍ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四氯化碳 (zh) (sìlǜhuàtàn)

• Czech: tetrachlormetan m
• Finnish: hiilitetrakloridi
• French: tétrachlorure de carbone (fr)
• German: Tetrachlormethan n, Tetrachlorkohlenstoff m, Kohlenstofftetrachlorid n
• Greek: τετραχλωράνθρακας (el) m (tetrachloránthrakas)
• Irish: teitreaclóiríd charbóin f
• Italian: tetracloruro di carbonio (it)
• Japanese: 四塩化炭素 (しえんかたんそ, shienkatanso)
• Kazakh: төртхлорлы көміртек (törtxlorly kömırtek)
• Korean: 사염화 탄소(四鹽化炭素) (sayeomhwa tanso)
• Persian: کربن تتراکلرید
• Polish: tetrachlorometan (pl) m
• Romanian: tetraclorură de carbon (ro) f
• Russian: четырёххло́ристый углеро́д m (četyrjoxxlóristyj ugleród)
• Spanish: tetracloruro de carbono
• Tagalog: karbon patklorad
• Thai: คาร์บอนเตตระคลอไรด์
• Turkish: karbon tetraklorür (tr), dört klorlu karbon (obsolete), tetraklorkarbon (obsolete)

See also

• carbon tetrabromide
• carbon tetrafluoride
• carbon tetraiodide