phenolphthalein

phenolphthalein

See also: Phenolphthalein and phenol phthalein

English

Chemical structure of phenolphthalein

Etymology

From phenol +‎ phthalein.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfiː.nɒlˈ(f)θa.liːn/, /ˌfiː.nɒlˈ(f)θeɪ.liːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfi.nl̩ˈθæl.i.ɪn/, /ˌfi.nl̩ˈθæˌlin/

Noun

phenolphthalein (countable and uncountable, plural phenolphthaleins)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) A white or yellowish-white crystalline compound C₂₀H₁₄O₄ used in analysis as an indicator because its solution is brilliant red in alkalies and is decolorized by acids and in medicine as a laxative.

Related terms

• phenolphthalin

Translations

Translations

Armenian: ֆենոլֆթալեին (fenolftʿalein) Bengali: ফেনফথ্যালিন (phenôphôthẏalin) Chinese: Cantonese: 酚酞 (fan1 taai3) Mandarin: 酚酞 (zh) (fēntài) Danish: fenolftalein Dutch: fenolftaleïne f Finnish: fenoliftaleiini (fi) French: phénolphtaléine (fr) f Georgian: ფენოლფთალეინი (penolptaleini) German: Phenolphthalein (de) n Irish: feanóltailéin f Japanese: フェノールフタレイン (fenōfutarein) Kazakh: фенолфталейн (fenolftalein) Korean: 페놀프탈레인 (penolpeutallein) Maori: penopeirini Persian: فنول‌فتالئین‎ Polish: fenoloftaleina f Portuguese: fenolftaleína f Romanian: fenolftaleină f Spanish: fenolftaleína f Telugu: ఫినాప్తలీన్ (phināptalīn) Uzbek: fenolftalein

References

• “phenolphthalein”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “phenolphthalein”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary