naphthalene

English

Naphthalene

Etymology

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Akkadian napṭumbor.?

Old Persian *naftahbor.

Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor.

Latin naphthabor.

English naphth(a)

English -al

French -ènebor.

English -ene

English naphthalene

From naphth(a) + -al + -ene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæfθəliːn/, /ˈnæpθəliːn/

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Noun

naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)

1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
2. (organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Hypernyms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

• acene

Coordinate terms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

• benzene (1-ring acene)
• anthracene (3-ring acene)

Derived terms

• adapalene
• anilinonaphthalene
• azonaphthalene
• azoxynaphthalene
• binaphthalene
• bromonaphthalene
• chlorodinitronaphthalene
• cinacalcet
• circumnaphthalene
• decahydronaphthalene
• diaminonaphthalene
• diazanaphthalene
• dinaphthalene
• dinitronaphthalene
• hexachlorohexahydrodimethanonaphthalene
• lithium naphthalene
• menadione
• methallenestril
• methylnaphthalene
• mitonafide
• nadolol
• nafarelin
• nafcillin
• nafoxadol
• nalidixic acid
• naphthaleneacetic
• naphthaleneacetic acid
• naphthalenediamine
• naphthalene red
• naphthalenesulfonate
• naphthalene yellow
• naphthalenic
• naphthalic
• naphthazarin
• naphthoic
• naphthoylindole
• nitronaphthalene
• paranaphthalene
• polychlorinated naphthalene
• terbinafine
• tetrahydronaphthalene
• triazanaphthalene

Translations

white crystalline hydrocarbon

• Bulgarian: нафталин m (naftalin)
• Catalan: naftalina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萘 (zh) (nài)

• Czech: naftalín (cs) m
• Esperanto: naftalino
• Finnish: naftaleeni (fi)
• French: naphtalène (fr) m
• German: Naphthalin (de) n
• Greek: ναφθαλίνη (el) f (nafthalíni)
• Hungarian: naftalin (hu)
• Ido: naftalino (io)
• Italian: naftalina (it) f
• Japanese: ナフタレン (ja) (nafutaren)
• Kazakh: нафталин (naftalıyn)
• Polish: naftalina (pl) f
• Portuguese: naftalina (pt) f
• Russian: нафтали́н (ru) m (naftalín)
• Spanish: naftalina (es)
• Tagalog: naptalina
• Turkish: naftalin (tr), güve otu

aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon

• Bulgarian: нафталин m (naftalin)
• Catalan: naftalina f, naftalè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 萘 (noi⁶)

  Mandarin: 萘 (zh) (nài)

• Czech: naftalen (cs) m
• Greek: ναφθαλίνη (el) f (nafthalíni)
• Italian: naftalene (it) m
• Japanese: ナフタレン (ja) (nafutaren), ナフタリン (ja) (nafutarin)
• Korean: 나프탈렌 (ko) (napeutallen)
• Polish: naftalen (pl) m inan
• Russian: нафтали́н (ru) m (naftalín)