benzyl

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic لُبَان (lubān)

Proto-Indo-European *yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yéwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas

Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?

Proto-Austronesian *zawa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)

Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.

Catalan benjuíder.

Middle French benjoinder.

English benzoin

English benzo-

English benz-

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English benzyl

From benz- + -yl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnzɪl/, /ˈbɛnzaɪl/

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Noun

benzyl (plural benzyls)

1. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH₂- related to toluene and benzoic acid

Derived terms

• ambenonium
• benderizine
• benzalkonium
• benzethonium
• benzyladenine
• benzyl alcohol
• benzylamine
• benzylated
• benzylating
• benzylation
• benzyl bromide
• benzyl cellulose
• benzyl chloride
• benzyl cyanide
• benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium
• benzylhydantoin
• benzylhydroxylamine
• benzylic
• benzylisoquinoline
• benzylmorphine
• benzyloxy
• benzyloxycarbonyl
• benzylpenicillin
• benzylpyrrole
• benzylsulfamide
• bephenium
• bepridil
• bibenzonium
• bibenzyl
• bisbenzyl
• bisbenzylisoquinolinium
• bromobenzyl
• cefprozil
• chlorobenzyl
• dibenzyl
• donepezil
• fenbenicillin
• fluorobenzyl
• halobenzyl
• hydroxybenzyl
• methoxybenzyl
• monobenzyl
• N-benzyl-N-isopropylpivalamide
• pentafluorobenzyl
• phenoxybenzamine
• pirbenicillin
• polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
• sulbenicillin

Translations

chemical compound

• Arabic: بَنْزِيل (banzīl)
• Catalan: benzil m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 苄 (bin⁶), 苄基 (bin⁶ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 苄 (zh) (biàn), 苄基 (zh) (biànjī)

• Finnish: bentsyyli
• French: benzyle (fr) m
• Hebrew: בנזיל
• Hindi: धूपल (dhūpal)
• Hungarian: benzil (hu)
• Italian: benzile (it) m
• Japanese: ベンジル基 (ベンジルき, benjiru-ki)
• Korean: 벤질기 (benjilgi)
• Polish: benzyl (pl) m
• Portuguese: benzilo m
• Punjabi: ਬੈਨਜ਼ਾਈਲ (bainzāīla)
• Romanian: benzil m
• Spanish: bencilo m

See also

• benzylene

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French benzyle or English benzyl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.zɘl/
• Rhymes: -ɛnzɘl
• Syllabification: ben‧zyl

Noun

benzyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry) benzyl

Declension

Declension of benzyl

	singular
nominative	benzyl
genitive	benzylu
dative	benzylowi
accusative	benzyl
instrumental	benzylem
locative	benzylu
vocative	benzylu

Derived terms

adjective

• benzylowy

Further reading

• “benzyl”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)