aldehído

See also: aldehido

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aldehyde, a contraction of New Latin alcohol dēhydrogenātum (“alcohol deprived of hydrogen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aldeˈido/ [al̪.d̪eˈi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: al‧de‧hí‧do

Noun

aldehído m (plural aldehídos)

1. (chemistry) aldehyde

Derived terms

• aldehídico
• aldehído acético
• aldehído fórmico

 

Related terms

• formaldehído

 

Further reading

• “aldehído”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10