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ethinyl

ethinyl is the alternative form of ethynyl.

Meaning of ethynyl

Noun

ethynyl (plural ethynyls)

  1. The univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.

Forms of ethinyl

pluralethinyls

Origin of ethinyl

From ethine + -yl.

Words formed from ethinyl

Questions about ethinyl

What is ethinyl the alternative form of?
Ethinyl is the alternative form of ethynyl.

Words near ethinyl in the dictionary

  1. Ethigan'dujehihuraa
  2. ethinamate
  3. ethine
  4. Ethington
  5. Ethingtons
  6. ethinyl
  7. ethinylestradiol
  8. ethinyloestradiol
  9. ethinyls
  10. Ethio-
  11. Ethio-jazz

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethinyl (page history and authors); ethynyl (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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