ethylene

See also: éthylène

English

Etymology

From ethyl +‎ -ene.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛθəˌliːn/

Noun

ethylene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylenes)

(organic chemistry) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
(organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Chemical Structure of Ethylene

Synonyms

IUPAC name: ethene

Derived terms

Translations

compound

Catalan: etilè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乙烯 (zh) (yǐxī)
Czech: etylen m
Dutch: etheen (nl)
Esperanto: eteno
Finnish: etyleeni (fi), eteeni (fi)
French: éthylène (fr) m, éthène (fr) m
German: Ethen (de) n, Äthen (de) n, Ethylen (de), Äthylen (de)
Hindi: दक्षुलेन्य (dakshulenya)
Irish: eitéin f, eitiléin f

Italian: etilene (it) m
Japanese: エチレン (echiren), エテン (eten)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etylen n

Nynorsk: etylen m or n
Portuguese: etileno (pt) m
Russian: этиле́н (ru) m (etilén)
Spanish: etileno m
Swedish: eten (sv); etylen (sv) (common name)
Turkish: etilen (tr)

radical

French: éthylène (fr) m
Italian: etilene (it) m

Japanese: エチレン基 (エチレンき, echiren-ki)

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