Meanings
plural Erlenmeyer flasks
- chemistryA glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.
An assistant arrived with a wheeled cart bearing coffee in an Erlenmeyer flask, cups, and a plate of strange muffins.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265Synonyms: conical flask, erlenmeyer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.
Origin
Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶
- 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶 (zeoi¹ jing⁴ ping⁴)conical laboratory flask
Chinese Mandarin 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶, 三角燒瓶 /三角烧瓶
- 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶 (zhuīxíngpíng)conical laboratory flask
- 三角燒瓶 /三角烧瓶 (sānjiǎo shāopíng)conical laboratory flask
Danish erlenmeyerkolbe, konisk kolbe
- erlenmeyerkolbeconical laboratory flask
- konisk kolbeconical laboratory flask
Dutch Erlenmeyer
- Erlenmeyerconical laboratory flask
Finnish erlenmeyerkolvi
- erlenmeyerkolviconical laboratory flask
French erlenmeyer
- erlenmeyerconical laboratory flask
German Erlenmeyerkolben
- Erlenmeyerkolbenconical laboratory flask
Hungarian Erlenmeyer-lombik
- Erlenmeyer-lombikconical laboratory flask
Indonesian labu Erlenmeyer
- labu Erlenmeyerconical laboratory flask
Italian beuta, matraccio di Erlenmeyer
- beutaconical laboratory flask
- matraccio di Erlenmeyerconical laboratory flask
Malay kelalang kon
- kelalang konconical laboratory flask
Norwegian Bokmål erlenmeyerkolbe
- erlenmeyerkolbeconical laboratory flask
Polish erlenmajerka, kolba stożkowa
- erlenmajerkaconical laboratory flask
- kolba stożkowaconical laboratory flask
- kolba Erlenmeyeraconical laboratory flask
Portuguese frasco de Erlenmeyer
- frasco de Erlenmeyerconical laboratory flask
Russian ко́лба Э́рленме́йера, кони́ческая ко́лба
- ко́лба Э́рленме́йера (kólba Érlenméjjera)conical laboratory flask
- кони́ческая ко́лба (koníčeskaja kólba)conical laboratory flask
Swedish E-kolv, Erlenmeyerkolv
- E-kolvconical laboratory flask
- Erlenmeyerkolvconical laboratory flask
Cite this entry
Erlenmeyer flask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Erlenmeyer%20flask
“Erlenmeyer flask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Erlenmeyer%20flask. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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