Word.ws English Dictionary

-oyl

UK/əʊɪl/

-oyl suffix: forming the names of acyl radicals from the names of corresponding carboxylic acids.

Suffix

-oyl

  1. Forming the names of acyl radicals from the names of corresponding carboxylic acids.

-oyl meaning in Tamil

-oyl in Tamil

ஆயில்

Origin of -oyl

From -o- + -yl.

Questions about -oyl

What does -oyl mean?
-oyl means forming the names of acyl radicals from the names of corresponding carboxylic acids.
What is -oyl in Tamil?
-oyl in Tamil is ஆயில். See -oyl meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is -oyl?
-oyl is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -oyl?
-oyl is pronounced /əʊɪl/ (UK).

Words near -oyl in the dictionary

  1. -oxanide
  2. -oxepin
  3. -oxetine
  4. -oxifene
  5. -oxy
  6. -oyl
  7. -p
  8. -pagus
  9. -palooza
  10. -pamil
  11. -pants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -oyl (page history and authors); -oyl (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “-oyl.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/-oyl. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.