-yl

Via French méthylène from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”).^[1]

-yl

1. (organic chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group formed from a given molecule. Thus propyl from propane, benzyl from benzene, and so forth.

• -ly, LY, Ly, Ly-α, ly, ly-

A new formation from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest; material, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).

• IPA^(key): [-ˈyˀl]

-yl (definite singular neuter -ylet, definite singular masculine -ylen, indefinite plural -yler, definite plural -ylerne.

2. (organic chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl

   acetyl, akryl, ætyl, fenyl, salicyl ― acetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl

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-yl

1. (organic chemistry) -yl

From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood”).

• IPA^(key): /yːl/

-yl

1. (organic chemistry) -yl

• Alkyl
• -an
• -en
• -in

-yl

1. alternative form of -el (“agentive suffix”)

A new formation from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest; material, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).

• IPA^(key): /yːl/

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• Rhymes: -yːl
• Hyphenation: -yl

-yl (definite singular neuter -ylet, definite singular masculine -ylen, indefinite plural -yl or -yler, definite plural -ylene or -yla)

2. (organic chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl

   acetyl, akryl, etyl, fenyl, salisyl ― acetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl

• “-yl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).