nitrile

See also: Nitrile and nitrilé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtɹaɪl/

Noun

nitrile (plural nitriles)

1. (organic chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid

Derived terms

• acetonitrile
• acrylonitrile
• nitrile rubber
• phosphonitrile

Translations

class of organic compounds

• Catalan: nitril m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 腈 (cing¹)

  Mandarin: 腈 (zh) (jīng)

• Finnish: nitriili
• German: Nitril n
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• Irish: nítríl f
• Italian: nitrile (it)
• Japanese: ニトリル (nitoriru)
• Korean: 니트릴 (niteuril)
• Portuguese: nitrila f, nitrilo m
• Spanish: nitrilo m

Anagrams

• lintier

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: nitrilent, nitriles

Verb

nitrile

1. first-person singular present indicative of nitriler
2. third-person singular present indicative of nitriler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nitriler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nitriler
5. second-person singular imperative of nitriler

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Italian

Noun

nitrile m (plural nitrili)

1. nitrile