thymol

thymol

See also: Thymol

English

Etymology

French thymol

Noun

thymol (countable and uncountable, plural thymols)

1. (chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

Translations

a monoterpene phenol

Esperanto: timolo Finnish: tymoli French: thymol (fr) m German: Thymol n Polish: tymol (pl) m Spanish: timol m

See also

• carvacrol

Anagrams

• mythol.

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French

Etymology

thym +‎ -ol, coined by French chemist Alexandre Lallemand in 1853.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.mɔl/

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Noun

thymol m (plural thymols)

1. (organic chemistry) thymol

Further reading

• “thymol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.