methanol

See also: Methanol and méthanol

English

Etymology

From methane +‎ -ol.

French chemists Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Eugene Peligot, after determining methanol's chemical structure, introduced "methylene" from the Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”) with the intention of highlighting its origins, "alcohol made from wood (substance)".

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, methyl hydrate, methyl hydroxide, methylol, monohydroxymethane, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, wood spirits

Translations

the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH

Abkhaz: аметано́л (ametʼanól)
Bashkir: метанол (metanol)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: metanol (ca) 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), metil-alkohol, faszesz (hu)
Icelandic: metanól n
Italian: metanolo (it) m
Japanese: メタノール (ja) (metanōru)
Kazakh: метанол (metanol)
Khmer: មេតាណុល (meitaanol)
Kyrgyz: метанол (ky) (metanol)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: metanol m

Nynorsk: metanol m
Persian: متانول (fa) (metânol)
Polish: alkohol metylowy m, metanol (pl) m
Portuguese: metanol (pt) m, álcool metílico (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
Turkish: metanol
Vietnamese: rượu mạnh gỗ, cồn gỗ

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