chloroform
See also: Chloroform
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Noun edit
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 edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
(chemistry) an anesthetic
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Verb edit
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 edit
Translations edit
to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform
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Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
chloroform (uncountable)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chloroform m inan
Declension edit
Declension of chloroform (hard masculine inanimate)
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 edit
- 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
Noun edit
chloroform m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “chloroform” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English chloroform, French chloroforme, German Chloroform.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chloroform m inan (related adjective chloroformowy)
Declension edit
Declension of chloroform
singular | |
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nominative | chloroform |
genitive | chloroformu |
dative | chloroformowi |
accusative | chloroform |
instrumental | chloroformem |
locative | chloroformie |
vocative | chloroformie |
Derived terms edit
verb
- chloroformować impf
Further reading edit
- chloroform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chloroform in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots edit
Noun edit
chloroform (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
- 1935, Joe Corrie, 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.
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chloroform m inan (genitive singular chloroformu, nominative plural chloroformy, genitive plural chloroformov, declension pattern of dub)
- (organic chemistry) chloroform
- Synonym: trichlórmetán
Declension edit
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 edit
- “chloroform”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024