formaldehyde

See also: formaldéhyde

English

Structure diagram of formaldehyde

Etymology

From form(yl) +‎ aldehyde.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmældɪhaɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: for‧mal‧de‧hyde

Noun

formaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural formaldehydes)

(organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
- 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
  The shark chosen to replace the original was injected with 224 gallons of formaldehyde, ten times the amount used on the first shark and in a stronger concentration.

Synonyms

(HCHO): E240 (when used as a preservative), methanal (IUPAC name)

Hypernyms

(organic compound): aldehyde

Derived terms

phenol formaldehyde resin
urea-formaldehyde resin

Related terms

formalin
formic acid
formol
thioformaldehyde

Translations

organic compound

Catalan: formaldehid m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 甲醛 (gaap³ cyun⁴), 蟻醛, 蚁醛 (ngai⁵ cyun⁴)
Mandarin: 甲醛 (zh) (jiǎquán), 蟻醛／蚁醛 (zh) (yǐquán)
Czech: formaldehyd (cs) m
Danish: formaldehyd c
Dutch: formaldehyde (nl)
Esperanto: formaldehido
Finnish: formaldehydi
French: formaldéhyde (fr) m
German: Formaldehyd (de) m
Greek: φορμαλδεΰδη (el) f (formaldeÿ́di)
Hebrew: פורמלין‎ (he) m (formalín)
Hindi: वम्रसुव्युद (vamrasuvyud)
Hungarian: formaldehid (hu)
Ido: formaldehido (io), metanalo (io)
Italian: formaldeide (it)
Japanese: ホルムアルデヒド (horumuarudehido)
Latvian: formaldehīds m
Lithuanian: formaldehidas
Malay: formaldehid, metanal
Persian: فرمالدئید‎ (fa) (formâlde'id), فرمالدهید‎ (formâldehid)
Polish: aldehyd mrówkowy m, formaldehyd (pl) m, metanal m
Portuguese: formaldeído (pt) m
Russian: формальдеги́д (ru) m (formalʹdɛgíd)
Spanish: formaldehído (es)
Swedish: formaldehyd (sv) c
Thai: ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์ (th)
Vietnamese: fomanđêhít

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Формалдехид (Formaldehid)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehüüd
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehida
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 폼알데하이드 (pomaldehaideu)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} methanal
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehidas
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} formaldehyd
Persian: ^{(please verify)} فرمالدهید‎
Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} formaldehida
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} formaldehyd (sv)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} ฟอร์มาลดีไฮด์ (th)