Meanings
nouncyclohexene (countable and uncountable, plural cyclohexenes)
plural cyclohexenes
- countableuncountablechemistryA cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- Englishcyclic
- Englishcyclo-
- Englishhexene
- Englishcyclohexene
Translations
French cyclohexène
- cyclohexènecyclohexene
German Cyclohexen
- Cyclohexencyclohexene
Italian cicloesene
- cicloesenecyclohexene
Cite this entry
APA
cyclohexene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexene
MLA
“cyclohexene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexene. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclohexene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexene.
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