formaldehyde

See also: formaldéhyde

English

Structure diagram of formaldehyde

Noun

formaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural formaldehydes)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, H-CHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

Synonyms

• (H-CHO): E240 (when used as a preservative), methanal (IUPAC name)

Hypernyms

• (organic compound): aldehyde

Related terms

• formalin
• formic acid
• formol
• thioformaldehyde

Translations

organic compound

• Catalan: formaldehid m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 甲醛 (gaap³ cyun⁴), 蟻醛／蚁醛, 蚁醛 (ngai⁵ cyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 甲醛 (zh) (jiǎquán), 蟻醛／蚁醛 (zh) (yǐquán), 蚁醛 (zh) (yǐquán)

• Czech: formaldehyd (cs) m
• Danish: formaldehyd c
• Dutch: formaldehyde (nl)
• Esperanto: formaldehido
• Finnish: formaldehydi
• French: formaldéhyde (fr) m
• German: Formaldehyd (de) m
• Greek: φορμαλδεΰδη (el) f (formaldeÿ́di)
• Hindi: वम्रसुव्युद (vamrasuvyud)
• Hungarian: formaldehid (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: formaldehido (io), metanalo (io)
• Italian: formaldeide (it)
• Japanese: ホルムアルデヒド (horumuarudehido)
• Latvian: formaldehīds m
• Lithuanian: formaldehidas
• Malay: formaldehid, metanal
• Polish: aldehyd mrówkowy m, formaldehyd (pl) m, metanal m
• Portuguese: formaldeído (pt) m
• Russian: формальдеги́д (ru) m (formalʹdɛgíd)
• Spanish: formaldehído (es)
• Swedish: formaldehyd (sv) c
• Thai: ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์ (th)
• Vietnamese: fomanđêhít

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Формалдехид (Formaldehid)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehüüd
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פורמלין (he)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehida
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 폼알데하이드 (pomaldehaideu)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} methanal
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehidas
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehyd
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} فرمالدهید
• Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} formaldehida
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} formaldehyd (sv)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์ (th)