naphthalene

English

Etymology

From naphtha + -ene.

Noun

naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)

A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Derived terms

Terms derived from naphthalene

Translations

white crystalline hydrocarbon

Catalan: naftalina f
Czech: naftalín m
Esperanto: naftalino
Finnish: naftaleeni (fi)
French: naphtalène (fr) m
German: Naphthalin (de) n

Ido: naftalino (io)
Italian: naftalina (it) f
Portuguese: naftalina (pt) f
Russian: нафтали́н (ru) m (naftalín)
Spanish: naftalina
Tagalog: naptalina

aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon

Catalan: naftalina f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 萘 (noi⁶)

Mandarin: 萘 (zh) (nài)
Czech: naftalen m

Italian: naftalene (it) m
Japanese: ナフタレン (nafutaren), ナフタリン (nafutarin)
Korean: 나프탈렌 (ko) (napeutallen)
Russian: нафтали́н (ru) m (naftalín)

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