eucaliptol

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eucalyptol (superseded)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Hellenic *ehu-

Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs)

Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)

Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-)

Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek καλυπτός (kaluptós)

taxonomic name Eucalyptuslbor.

French eucalyptus

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.

Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.

Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl)

Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.

Medieval Latin alcohollbor.

French alcool

French -ol

French eucalyptolbor.

Portuguese eucaliptol

Borrowed from French eucalyptol. First attested in 1872.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ka.li.piˈtɔw/ [eʊ̯.ka.li.piˈtɔʊ̯], /ew.ka.lipˈtɔw/ [eʊ̯.ka.lipˈtɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ka.li.piˈtɔw/ [eʊ̯.ka.li.piˈtɔʊ̯], /ew.ka.lipˈtɔw/ [eʊ̯.ka.lipˈtɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ka.lipˈtɔw/ [eʊ̯.ka.lipˈtɔʊ̯], /ew.ka.li.piˈtɔw/ [eʊ̯.ka.li.piˈtɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ew.kɐ.liˈptɔl/ [ew.kɐ.liˈptɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ew.kɐ.liˈptɔl/ [ew.kɐ.liˈptɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ew.kɐ.liˈptɔ.li/

• Rhymes: -ɔw, -ɔl
• Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lip‧tol

Noun

eucaliptol m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) eucalyptol

   Synonym: cineol

   • 1872 June 30, Pedro Luiz Napoleão Chernoviz, “Materia Medica: Eucalypto”, in Demetrio Cyriaco Tourinho, editor, Gazeta Medica da Bahia, volume V, number 118, Salvador: Typographia de J.G. Tourinho, Oleo essencial de eucalypto, page 341:

     Este producto pode ser considerado, segundo o Sr. Cloëz, como um principio immediato, puro, differente por suas propriedades e sua composição das especies chimicas conhecidas. O Sr. Cloez deu-lhe o nome de eucalyptol.

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   • 1874 March 22, “O Eucalyptus globulus”, in O Pelicano, volume I, number 25, Belém, page 2, column 1:

     O Eucaliptol tem um forte cheiro aromatico, que se approxima da camphora e do rosmaninho.

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Further reading

• “eucaliptol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “eucaliptol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eucalyptol.

Noun

eucaliptol m (uncountable)

1. eucalyptol

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	eucaliptol	eucaliptolul
genitive-dative	eucaliptol	eucaliptolului
vocative	eucaliptolule