alkyne
/ˈælkaɪn/
alkyne noun: a hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
Noun
alkyne (plural alkynes)
- A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
alkyne meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
alkyne in Tamil
- hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
- ஆல்க்கைன் ālkkaiṉ
alkyne in Arabic
- hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
- ألكاين
alkyne in Malay
- hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
- alkuna
alkyne in Indonesian
- hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond
- alkuna
More languagesFewer languages
- alkyne in Persian
- آلکین
- alkyne in Thai
- แอลไคน์ aelákai
- alkyne in Vietnamese
- ankin
Forms of alkyne
| plural | alkynes |
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Origin of alkyne
Formed as alkyl + -yne.
Words formed from alkyne
Words that rhyme with alkyne
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about alkyne
- What does alkyne mean?
- Alkyne means a hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
- What is alkyne in Tamil?
- Alkyne in Tamil is ஆல்க்கைன் (ālkkaiṉ). See Alkyne meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alkyne?
- Alkyne is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alkyne?
- Alkyne is pronounced /ˈælkaɪn/.
- What is the plural of alkyne?
- The plural of alkyne is alkynes.
Words near alkyne in the dictionary
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