acetylen

acetylen

See also: Acetylen and acetylén

Norwegian Bokmål

Structural formula of the acetylene (ethyne) molecule, C₂H₂. The molecule belongs to the D_∞h point group.

Etymology

From acetyl +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asɛtʏˈleːn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eːn
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tyl‧en

Noun

acetylen n (definite singular acetylenet, indefinite plural acetylen, definite plural acetylena or acetylenene)

1. (organic chemistry, countable) acetylene (any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne)
2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) acetylene (ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odorless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy)

   Synonym: etyn

Derived terms

• acetylenlampe (“acetylene lamp”)

References

• “acetylen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “acetylen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “acetylen” in Store norske leksikon

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Polish

Etymology

From acetyl +‎ -en. First attested in 1867.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡sɛˈtɨ.lɛn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨlɛn
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ty‧len

Noun

acetylen m inan

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) acetylene (ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odorless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy)

   polimeryzacja acetylenu ― acetylene polymerization

   cząsteczki acetylenu ― acetylene particles

   reakcja acetylenu z czymś ― a reaction of acetylene with something

   produkcja acetylenu ― acetylene production

Declension

Declension of acetylen

	singular
nominative	acetylen
genitive	acetylenu
dative	acetylenowi
accusative	acetylen
instrumental	acetylenem
locative	acetylenie
vocative	acetylenie

Derived terms

adjective

• acetylenowy

 

nouns

• acetylenek
• acetylenownia

 

Related terms

adjective

• acetylowy

 

adverb

• acetylenowo

 

nouns

• acetyl
• acetylacja
• acetylowanie

 

verb

• acetylować impf or pf

 

References

1. Emil Czyrnianski (1867) Chemija nieorganiczna i organiczna: zastosowana do przemyslu, rolnictwa i lekarstwa ; skreslona wedlug zasad wlasnej teoryi w dwoch czesciach. Chemija organiczna : zastosowana do przemyslu, rolnictwa i lekarstwa‎, page 399

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

• acetylen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• acetylen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “acetylen”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6

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Swedish

Noun

acetylen n or c

(organic chemistry, uncountable) acetylene (ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odorless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy)

Declension

Declension of acetylen
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	acetylen	acetylenet	—	—
Genitive	acetylens	acetylenets	—	—

Declension of acetylen
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	acetylen	acetylenen	—	—
Genitive	acetylens	acetylenens	—	—

Related terms

• acetylengas
• acetylenlykta

Etymology 2

Noun

acetylen

1. definite singular of acetyl.

References

• acetylen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)