benzil

English

Noun

benzil (countable and uncountable, plural benzils)

1. (organic chemistry) The organic compound 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedione, a diketone used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a photoinitiator for free-radical curing of polymer networks.

Derived terms

• benzilic acid

Translations

compound

• Finnish: bentsiili (fi)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bənˈzil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [benˈzil]

Noun

benzil m (plural benzils)

1. (organic chemistry) benzyl

Derived terms

• benzílic

Further reading

• “benzil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “benzil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “benzil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “benzil”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Hungarian

Etymology

From English benzyl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnzil]
• Hyphenation: ben‧zil
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

benzil (usually uncountable, plural benzilek)

1. (organic chemistry) benzyl

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	benzil	benzilek
accusative	benzilt	benzileket
dative	benzilnek	benzileknek
instrumental	benzillel	benzilekkel
causal-final	benzilért	benzilekért
translative	benzillé	benzilekké
terminative	benzilig	benzilekig
essive-formal	benzilként	benzilekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	benzilben	benzilekben
superessive	benzilen	benzileken
adessive	benzilnél	benzileknél
illative	benzilbe	benzilekbe
sublative	benzilre	benzilekre
allative	benzilhez	benzilekhez
elative	benzilből	benzilekből
delative	benzilről	benzilekről
ablative	benziltől	benzilektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	benzilé	benzileké
non-attributive possessive – plural	benziléi	benzilekéi

Possessive forms of benzil

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	benzilem	benziljeim
2nd person sing.	benziled	benziljeid
3rd person sing.	benzilje	benziljei
1st person plural	benzilünk	benziljeink
2nd person plural	benziletek	benziljeitek
3rd person plural	benziljük	benziljeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• benzil-klorid
• benzilcsoport

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French benzyle.

Noun

benzil m (uncountable)

1. benzyl

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	benzil	benzilul
genitive-dative	benzil	benzilului
vocative	benzilule

Further reading

• “benzil”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026