aldehida

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch aldehyde m, from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aldeˈhida/
  • Rhymes: -da, -a
  • Hyphenation: al‧dé‧hi‧da

Noun

aldéhida (plural aldehida-aldehida)

  1. (organic chemistry) aldehyde: Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom

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