methanol

See also: Methanol and méthanol

English

Etymology

From methane +‎ -ol.

French chemists Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Eugene Peligot, after determining methanol's chemical structure, introduced "methylene" from the Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”) with the intention of highlighting its origins, "alcohol made from wood (substance)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛθənɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

methanol (countable and uncountable, plural methanols)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.
   • 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2024:

     Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.

Synonyms

• methyl alcohol, methyl hydrate, methyl hydroxide, methylol, monohydroxymethane, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, wood spirits

Derived terms

• diphenylmethanol
• methanolic
• methanolized
• phenanthrenemethanol
• quinolinemethanol
• triphenylmethanol

Translations

the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH

• Abkhaz: аметано́л (ametʼanól)
• Bashkir: метанол (metanol)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: metanol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 甲醇 (gaap³ seon⁴)

  Mandarin: 甲醇 (zh) (jiǎchún)

• Finnish: metanoli (fi)
• French: méthanol (fr), alcool de bois (fr)
• German: Methanol (de) n
• Greek: μεθανόλη (el) f (methanóli)
• Hungarian: metanol (hu), metil-alkohol (hu), faszesz (hu)
• Icelandic: metanól n
• Italian: metanolo (it) m
• Japanese: メタノール (ja) (metanōru)
• Kazakh: метанол (metanol)
• Khmer: មេតាណុល (meitaanol)
• Korean: 메탄올 (ko) (metanol) (South Korea), 메타놀 (metanol) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: метанол (ky) (metanol)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: metanol m

  Nynorsk: metanol m

• Persian: متانول (fa) (metânol)
• Polish: alkohol metylowy m, metanol (pl) m
• Portuguese: metanol (pt) m, álcool metílico (pt) m
• Romanian: metanol (ro) m
• Russian: метано́л (ru) m (metanól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мета̀но̄л m

  Latin: metànōl (sh) m

• Slovene: metanól m
• Spanish: metanol m
• Swedish: metanol (sv) c, träsprit (sv) c
• Thai: เมทานอล, เมทิลแอลกอฮอล์
• Turkish: odun ruhu, metanol
• Vietnamese: rượu mạnh gỗ, cồn gỗ

See also

• methanol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• anthemol, hotelman, on the lam

Dutch

Etymology

From methaan +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːtaːˈnɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

methanol m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (organic chemistry) methanol

Further reading

• “methanol” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]