alkene

A1L1K5E1N1E1
Australia, Canada, US, UK/ˈælkin/

noun

An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.

Similar
olefinolefine
OriginGerman Alken →
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Meanings

nounalkene (plural alkenes)

plural alkenes

  1. chemistryAn unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.

    Synonyms: olefin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.

Similar
olefin

More synonyms by meaning

nounany unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon

Similar
olefineolefin
Broader
aliphatic compound
Also see
monoolefinolefin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanAlken
  2. Englishalkene

Derived from German Alken.

More words from German

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan alquè
  • alquèunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Chinese Cantonese 烯, 烯烴 /烯烃
  • 烯 (hei¹)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
  • 烯烴 /烯烃 (hei¹ ting¹)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Chinese Mandarin 烯, 烯烴 /烯烃
  • 烯 (xī)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
  • 烯烴 /烯烃 (xītīng)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Danish alken
  • alkenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Esperanto alkeno
  • alkenounsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Estonian alkeen
  • alkeenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Finnish alkeeni
  • alkeeniunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
French alcène
  • alcèneunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
German Alken
  • Alkenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Hungarian alkén
  • alkénunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Indonesian alkena
  • alkenaunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Italian alchene
  • alcheneunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Japanese アルケン, オレフィン
  • アルケン (aruken)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
  • オレフィン (orefin)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
  • オレフィン系炭化水素 (orefin-kei tanka suiso)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
  • エチレン系炭化水素 (echiren-kei tanka suiso)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Korean 알켄
  • 알켄 (alken)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Latvian alkēns
  • alkēnsunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Māori waiwaro-rua
  • waiwaro-ruaunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Norwegian Bokmål alken
  • alkenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Persian آلکن
  • آلکن (âlken)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Polish alken
  • alkenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Portuguese alceno
  • alcenounsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Romanian alchenă
  • alchenăunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Russian алке́н
  • алке́н (alkén)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Spanish alqueno
  • alquenounsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Swedish alken
  • alkenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Turkish alken
  • alkenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Ukrainian алке́н
  • алке́н (alkén)unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Vietnamese anken
  • ankenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Welsh alcen
  • alcenunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

KnealeKeelanlekane
Cite this entry
APA

alkene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkene

MLA

“alkene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alkene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkene.

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