terpene

See also: terpène

English

Etymology

Latin terebinthina.

Noun

terpene (plural terpenes)

(organic chemistry) A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.

Usage notes

Terpenes are properly only hydrocarbons. Oxygenated derivatives are terpenoids.

Hypernyms

hydrocarbon

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Cantonese: 萜 (tip³)

Mandarin: 萜 (zh) (tiē)
Esperanto: terpeno
Finnish: terpeeni (fi)

Hungarian: terpén
Japanese: テルペン (terupen)
Korean: 텔펜 (telpen)
Spanish: terpeno m

Anagrams

pre-teen, preteen

Italian

Pronunciation

enPR: terpène, IPA^(key): /terˈpɛne/

Noun

terpene m (plural terpeni)

terpene

Derived terms

Derived terms

Related terms

terpenico
terpino

Anagrams

perente

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