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benzonitrile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ben-zoni-trile
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The aromatic nitrile C₆H₅-CN; used as a solvent and has many industrial applications.

Etymology

From benzo- + nitr- + -ile. Discovered and coined by Hermann Fehling in 1844. There is no listing for the suffix -ile in the IUPAC Red or Blue Books; it may have been an early variant of -yl before its meaning and spelling had ossified; compare protyle also with a unique suffix.

Inflected Forms

benzonitriles (plural)

Derived Forms

bromobenzonitrile

Frequently Paired Words

benzylnitrile nitrile

Questions

What does benzonitrile mean?
The aromatic nitrile C₆H₅-CN; used as a solvent and has many industrial applications.
Where does benzonitrile come from?
From benzo- + nitr- + -ile. Discovered and coined by Hermann Fehling in 1844. There is no listing for the suffix -ile in the IUPAC Red or Blue Books; it may have been an early variant of -yl before its meaning and spelling had ossified; compare protyle also with a unique suffix.

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