hydroxyl

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)

Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor.

French hydro-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.

French -gène

French hydrogènebor.

English hydrogen

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?

Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)

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Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

French oxygènebor.

English oxygen

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

blend

English hydroxyl

From a blend of hydrogen +‎ oxygen +‎ -yl.

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Noun

hydroxyl (plural hydroxyls)

1. (chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.

Derived terms

• carboxyl
• dihydroxyl
• droloxifene
• droxidopa
• hydroxy-
• hydroxy
• hydroxylamine
• hydroxylammonium nitrate
• hydroxylapatite
• hydroxylase
• hydroxylate
• hydroxylation
• hydroxylbastnasite
• hydroxylian
• hydroxylic
• hydroxyl ion
• hydroxyl radical
• methoxyl
• oxilofrine
• phenylhydroxylamine

Related terms

• hydroxide

Translations

-OH

• Armenian: հիդրօքսիլ (hidrōkʻsil)
• Bulgarian: хидроксил m (hidroksil)
• Catalan: hidroxil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羥基 / 羟基 (koeng⁵ gei¹), 氫氧基 / 氢氧基 (hing¹ joeng⁵ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 羥基 / 羟基 (zh) (qiǎngjī), 氫氧基 / 氢氧基 (zh) (qīngyǎngjī)

• Finnish: hydroksyyli
• French: hydroxyle (fr) m
• German: Hydroxyl (de) n
• Greek: υδροξύλιο (el) n (ydroxýlio)
• Hindi: उदजारल (udjāral)
• Italian: ossidrile (it) m, idrossile (it) m
• Japanese: ヒドロキシル基 (ヒドロキシルき, hidorokishiru-ki) (organic chemistry), 水酸基 (ja) (すいさんき, suisanki) (inorganic chemistry)
• Korean: 히드록시기 (hideuroksigi), 수산기(水酸基) (susan'gi), 히드록실기 (hideuroksilgi)
• Lithuanian: hidroksilas m
• Malay: hidroksil (ms)
• Persian: هیدروکسیل (fa) (hidroksil)
• Polish: hydroksyl m inan
• Portuguese: hidroxila f
• Russian: гидрокси́л (ru) m (gidroksíl)
• Spanish: hidroxilo (es) m, oxhidrilo m
• Swedish: hydroxyl c, hydroxylgrupp (sv) c