methanol

See also: Methanol and méthanol

English

Etymology

From methane +‎ -ol.

Noun

methanol (countable and uncountable, plural methanols)

(organic chemistry) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.

Synonyms

methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, wood spirits

Translations

the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH

Abkhaz: аметано́л (āmeṭānól)
Catalan: metanol m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 甲醇 (gaap³ seon⁴)

Mandarin: 甲醇 (zh) (jiǎchún)
Finnish: metanoli (fi)
French: méthanol (fr), alcool de bois (fr)
German: Methanol (de) n
Greek: μεθανόλη (el) f (methanóli)
Hungarian: metanol (hu)
Icelandic: metanól n
Italian: metanolo (it) m
Japanese: メタノール (ja) (metanōru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: metanol m

Nynorsk: metanol m

Portuguese: metanol (pt) m
Romanian: metanol (ro) m
Russian: метано́л (ru) m (metanól)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мета̀но̄л m

Roman: metànōl (sh) m
Slovene: metanól m
Spanish: metanol m
Swedish: metanol (sv) c
Thai: เมทานอล, เมทิลแอลกอฮอล์
Vietnamese: rượu mạnh gỗ, cồn gỗ

See also

methanol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

anthemol, hotelman, on the lam

Dutch

Etymology

From methaan +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meːtaːˈnɔl/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

methanol m (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) methanol

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