carbamoyl

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English carbamic

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English carbamoyl

From carbam(ic acid) +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kär-băm′ō-ĭl′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /kɑːˈbam.əʊ̯ˌɪl/, (conservative) /kɑːˈbæm.əʊ̯ˌɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈbæm.oʊ̯ˌɪl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kɐːˈbæm.əʉ̯ˌɪl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kɐːˈbɛm.ɐʉ̯ˌəl/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kaɹˈbam.oˌɪl/
• (India) IPA^(key): /kaːʳˈbam.oːˌɪl/
• Rhymes: -æməʊɪl
• Hyphenation: car‧bam‧o‧yl

Noun

carbamoyl (plural carbamoyls)

1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical organic group NH₂CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group.

Derived terms

• carbamazepine
• carbamoylase
• carbamoyl chloride
• carbamoyl phosphate
• carbamoyltransferase
• carburazepam
• carbuterol
• carperidine
• dicarbamoyl
• iocarmic acid

Further reading

• “carbamoyl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.