hydroxyl

English

Noun

hydroxyl (plural hydroxyls)

(chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.

Derived terms

hydroxylamine
hydroxylammonium nitrate
hydroxylapatite
hydroxylate
hydroxylbastnasite
hydroxyl ion
hydroxyl radical

Related terms

hydroxide

Translations

-OH

Armenian: հիդրօքսիլ (hidrōkʿsil)
Catalan: hidroxil (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 羥基, 羟基 (koeng⁵ gei¹), 氫氧基, 氢氧基 (hing¹ joeng⁵ gei¹)

Mandarin: 羥基 (zh), 羟基 (zh) (qiǎngjī), 氫氧基 (zh), 氢氧基 (zh) (qīngyǎngjī)
Finnish: hydroksyyli
French: hydroxyle (fr) m
German: Hydroxyl n
Greek: υδροξύλιο (el) n (ydroxýlio)
Hindi: उदजारल (udajaaral)

Italian: ossidrile (it) m, idrossile m
Japanese: ヒドロキシル基 (ヒドロキシルき, hidorokishiru-ki) (organic chemistry), 水酸基 (すいさんき, suisanki) (inorganic chemistry)
Korean: 히드록시기 (hideuroksigi), 수산기 (susan-gi) (水酸基), 히드록실기 (hideuroksilgi)
Lithuanian: hidroksilas m
Malay: hidroksil
Portuguese: hidroxila f
Russian: гидрокси́л (ru) m (gidroksíl)
Spanish: hidroxilo (es) m, oxhidrilo m
Swedish: hydroxyl c, hydroxylgrupp (sv) c

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