chloroform
See also: Chloroform
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chloroforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɔːɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Noun
chloroform (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
Synonyms
- trichloromethane
- Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey
Derived terms
- chloroformer
- chloroformism
- chloroformist
- deuterochloroform
- methylchloroform
- nitrochloroform
Translations
(chemistry) an anesthetic
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Verb
chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)
- To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.
Related terms
- fluoroform
- bromoform
- iodoform
Translations
to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform
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Afrikaans
Noun
chloroform (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxloroform]
- Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
Noun
chloroform m inan
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
Declension
Declension of chloroform
singular | plural | |
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nominative | chloroform | chloroformy |
genitive | chloroformu | chloroformů |
dative | chloroformu | chloroformům |
accusative | chloroform | chloroformy |
vocative | chloroforme | chloroformy |
locative | chloroformu | chloroformech |
instrumental | chloroformem | chloroformy |
References
- chloroform in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- chloroform in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- chloroform in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
Noun
chloroform m (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
Further reading
- “chloroform” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xlɔˈrɔ.fɔrm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔfɔrm
- Syllabification: chlo‧ro‧form
Noun
chloroform m inan
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
Declension
Declension of chloroform
singular | |
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nominative | chloroform |
genitive | chloroformu |
dative | chloroformowi |
accusative | chloroform |
instrumental | chloroformem |
locative | chloroformie |
vocative | chloroformie |
Further reading
- chloroform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chloroform in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Noun
chloroform (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
- 1935, Corrie, Joe, chapter 7, in The Income:
- Afore I kent where I was I got a smeek o' chloroform.
- Before I knew where I was I got a puff of chloroform.
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Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxloroform]
Noun
chloroform m (genitive singular chloroformu, nominative plural chloroformy, genitive plural chloroformov, declension pattern of dub)
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
- Synonym: trichlórmetán
Declension
Declension of chloroform
singular | plural | |
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nominative | chloroform | chloroformy |
genitive | chloroformu | chloroformov |
dative | chloroformu | chloroformom |
accusative | chloroform | chloroformy |
locative | chloroforme | chloroformoch |
instrumental | chloroformom | chloroformmi |
References
- chloroform in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk