hydroquinone

English

Etymology

From hydro- +‎ quinone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪdɹəˈkwɪnəʊn/

Noun

hydroquinone (countable and uncountable, plural hydroquinones)

1. (organic chemistry) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.

Derived terms

• anilinohydroquinone
• benzohydroquinone
• furylhydroquinone
• hydronaphthoquinone
• iodohydroquinone
• tertiary butylhydroquinone
• xylohydroquinone

 

Translations

the diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene

• Catalan: hidroquinona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氫醌 / 氢醌 (qīngkūn), 對苯二酚 / 对苯二酚 (zh) (duìběn'èrfēn)

• German: Hydrochinon n
• Hungarian: hidrokinon (hu)
• Korean: 하이드로퀴논 (haideurokwinon), 히드로퀴논 (hideurokwinon)
• Portuguese: hidroquinona f
• Spanish: hidroquinona f
• Thai: ไฮโดรควิโนน

French

Noun

hydroquinone f (uncountable)

1. hydroquinone

Further reading

• “hydroquinone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.