aldehyde
/ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/
aldehyde noun: any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
Noun
aldehyde (plural aldehydes)
- Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
- The air smells of strange, oceanic aldehydes.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 180
aldehyde meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Persian and Vietnamese
aldehyde in Tamil
- அலிடிகைட்டு, ஆல்டுஹைடு
aldehyde in Indonesian
- organic compound of the general formula R·CHO
- aldehida, alkanal
aldehyde in Persian
- organic compound of the general formula R·CHO
- آلدئید âlde'id, آلدهید âldehid
aldehyde in Vietnamese
- organic compound of the general formula R·CHO
- anđêhit
Forms of aldehyde
| plural | aldehydes |
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Origin of aldehyde
Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).
Words formed from aldehyde
- acetic aldehyde
- -al
- alanine
- aldazine
- aldehyde oxidase
- aldehydic
- aldehydic acid
- aldimine
- aldol
- amino aldehyde
- aminoaldehyde
- bioaldehyde
- chinaldine
- cinnamaldehyde
- coniferyl aldehyde
- crotonaldehyde
- dialdehyde
- glutaraldehyde
- haloaldehyde
- heteroaldehyde
- isoaldehyde
- ketoaldehyde
- melon aldehyde
- monoaldehyde
- oxaldehyde
- oxoaldehyde
- pentanaldehyde
- perillaldehyde
- pivalaldehyde
- polyaldehyde
- selenoaldehyde
- semialdehyde
- strawberry aldehyde
- syringaldehyde
- thioaldehyde
- trialdehyde
- Zincke aldehyde
Phrases with aldehyde
Questions about aldehyde
- What does aldehyde mean?
- Aldehyde means any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
- What is aldehyde in Tamil?
- Aldehyde in Tamil is அலிடிகைட்டு, ஆல்டுஹைடு. See Aldehyde meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aldehyde?
- Aldehyde is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aldehyde?
- Aldehyde is pronounced /ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/.
- What is the plural of aldehyde?
- The plural of aldehyde is aldehydes.
Words near aldehyde in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aldehyde (page history and authors); aldehyde (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.
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