chloroform

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See also: Chloroform

English

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Etymology

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. By surface analysis, chloro- +‎ -form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Noun

chloroform (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

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Verb

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)

  1. To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

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Afrikaans

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Noun

chloroform (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxloroform]
  • Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

Noun

chloroform m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Declension

References

  • chloroform”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • chloroform”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • chloroform in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

Noun

chloroform m (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Further reading

  • chloroform” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English chloroform, French chloroforme, German Chloroform.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xlɔˈrɔ.fɔrm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔfɔrm
  • Syllabification: chlo‧ro‧form

Noun

chloroform m inan (related adjective chloroformowy)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

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verb

Further reading

  • chloroform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chloroform in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Noun

chloroform (uncountable)

  1. (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

Pronunciation

Noun

chloroform m inan (genitive singular chloroformu, nominative plural chloroformy, genitive plural chloroformov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform
    Synonym: trichlórmetán

Declension

References

  • 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