salisyl
Norwegian Bokmål
Skeletal formula of salicylic acid.
Etymology
First part salis- from Latin salix (“willow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”) + last part -yl from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest; material, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salɪˈsyːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -yːl
- Hyphenation: sa‧li‧syl
Noun
salisyl n (definite singular salisylet, indefinite plural salisyl, definite plural salisyla or salisylene)
- (organic chemistry) salicylic acid (a white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.)
- Synonym: salisylsyre
References
- “salisyl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “salisyl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “salisylsyre” in Store norske leksikon