Word.ws English Dictionary

enyl

enyl noun: any univalent radical derived from an alkene.

Noun

enyl (plural enyls)

  1. (in-compounds) Any univalent radical derived from an alkene
    Synonyms:
    alkenyl

Synonyms of enyl

Forms of enyl

pluralenyls

Origin of enyl

Back-formation from alkenyl. By surface analysis -ene + -yl.

Words formed from enyl

Questions about enyl

What does enyl mean?
Enyl means any univalent radical derived from an alkene.
What part of speech is enyl?
Enyl is a noun.
What is the plural of enyl?
The plural of enyl is enyls.

Words near enyl in the dictionary

  1. enyays
  2. enye
  3. Enyeart
  4. Enyearts
  5. Enyinnaya
  6. enyl
  7. enyls
  8. enyne
  9. enynes
  10. Enyo
  11. Enz

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: enyl (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: “enyl.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/enyl. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.