naphthalene
/ˈnæfθəliːn/
naphthalene noun: a white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
Noun
naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)
- A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
- An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.
naphthalene meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
naphthalene in Tamil
- நத்தலீன், நாப்த்தலின், இரசக் கற்பூரம், நஃப்தலீன்
naphthalene in Bengali
- ন্যাপথালিন
naphthalene in Tagalog
- white crystalline hydrocarbon
- naptalina
Forms of naphthalene
| plural | naphthalenes |
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Origin of naphthalene
From naphth(a) + -al + -ene.
Words formed from naphthalene
- adapalene
- anilinonaphthalene
- azonaphthalene
- azoxynaphthalene
- binaphthalene
- bromonaphthalene
- chlorodinitronaphthalene
- cinacalcet
- circumnaphthalene
- decahydronaphthalene
- diaminonaphthalene
- diazanaphthalene
- dinaphthalene
- dinitronaphthalene
- hexachlorohexahydrodimethanonaphthalene
- lithium naphthalene
- menadione
- methallenestril
- methylnaphthalene
- mitonafide
- nadolol
- nafarelin
- nafcillin
- nafoxadol
- nalidixic acid
- naphthaleneacetic
- naphthaleneacetic acid
- naphthalenediamine
- naphthalene red
- naphthalenesulfonate
- naphthalene yellow
- naphthalenic
- naphthalic
- naphthazarin
- naphthoic
- naphthoylindole
- nitronaphthalene
- paranaphthalene
- polychlorinated naphthalene
- terbinafine
- tetrahydronaphthalene
- triazanaphthalene
Phrases with naphthalene
Questions about naphthalene
- What does naphthalene mean?
- Naphthalene means a white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
- What is naphthalene in Tamil?
- Naphthalene in Tamil is நத்தலீன், நாப்த்தலின், இரசக் கற்பூரம். See Naphthalene meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is naphthalene?
- Naphthalene is a noun.
- How do you pronounce naphthalene?
- Naphthalene is pronounced /ˈnæfθəliːn/.
- What is the plural of naphthalene?
- The plural of naphthalene is naphthalenes.
Words near naphthalene in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: naphthalene (page history and authors); naphthalene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); naphthalene (Bengali 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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