Word.ws English Dictionary

ethynyl

ethynyl noun: the univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.

Noun

ethynyl (plural ethynyls)

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

Forms of ethynyl

pluralethynyls

Words formed from ethynyl

Questions about ethynyl

What does ethynyl mean?
Ethynyl means the univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.
What part of speech is ethynyl?
Ethynyl is a noun.
What is the plural of ethynyl?
The plural of ethynyl is ethynyls.

Words near ethynyl in the dictionary

  1. ethynide
  2. ethynides
  3. ethynium
  4. ethynodiol
  5. ethynol
  6. ethynyl
  7. ethynylation
  8. ethynylations
  9. ethynylbenzene
  10. ethynylbenzenes
  11. ethynylene

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: 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.

Last updated:

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