acyl

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English acyl

Ultimately from Latin ac(eō) +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.sɪl/, /ˈeɪ.saɪl/

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Noun

acyl (plural acyls)

2. (organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
   • 2009, Richard H. Wiley, Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page 387:

     From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).

Derived terms

• acylamide
• acylamido
• acylamino
• acyl anhydride
• acylanilide
• acylase
• acylate
• acylation
• acyl bromide
• acylcarnitine
• acyl chloride
• acyldepsipeptide
• acylethanolamide
• acylethanolamine
• acyl fluoride
• acylfulvene
• acyl halide
• acylhydrazide
• acylhydrazine
• acylimine
• acyliminium
• acyl iodide
• acylium
• acylome
• acylomic
• acyloxy
• acyloxyl
• acylphosphate
• acylphosphatidylethanolamine
• acylphosphonate
• acylpiperidine
• acylpolyamine
• acylpyridine
• acylpyrrole
• acylsilane
• acyltransferase
• aminoacyl
• aminoacylase
• bromoacyl
• deacyl
• diacyl
• diacylamine
• hydroxyacyl
• ketoacyl
• meroacyl
• monoacylglycerophospholipid
• thioacyl
• transacylase
• triacyl

Translations

any of a class of organic radicals

• Catalan: acil m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 酰 (sin¹) (Mainland, Hong Kong), 醯 (hei³) (dated, still used in Taiwan)

  Mandarin: 酰 (zh) (xiān) (Mainland, Hong Kong), 醯 (zh) (xī) (dated, still used in Taiwan)

• Finnish: asyyli
• French: acyle (fr) m
• German: Acyl (de) n
• Irish: aicil f
• Italian: acile m
• Japanese: アシル基 (アシルき, ashiru-ki)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីល (ʼaasiil)
• Korean: 아실기 (asilgi)
• Polish: acyl (pl) m
• Portuguese: acila f
• Romanian: acil (ro) m
• Spanish: acil m, acilo (es) m

Anagrams

• Clay, Lacy, clay, lacy

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acyl. First attested in 1900.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡sɘl/
• Rhymes: -at͡sɘl
• Syllabification: a‧cyl

Noun

acyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acyl (any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid)

   chlorek acylu ― acyl chloride

Declension

Declension of acyl

	singular
nominative	acyl
genitive	acylu
dative	acylowi
accusative	acyl
instrumental	acylem
locative	acylu
vocative	acylu

Related terms

adjective

• acylowy

nouns

• acylohydrolaza
• acylotransferaza
• acylowanie

verb

• acylować impf

Further reading

• acyl in PWN's encyclopedia
• acyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego