Meanings
nouncyclopropane (countable and uncountable, plural cyclopropanes)
plural cyclopropanes
- countableuncountablechemistryThe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.
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-
- Englishpropane
- Englishcyclopropane
Translations
Dutch cyclopropaan
- cyclopropaanthe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
Finnish syklopropaani
- syklopropaanithe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
French cyclopropane
- cyclopropanethe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
German Cyclopropan
- Cyclopropanthe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
Greek κυκλοπροπάνιο
- κυκλοπροπάνιο (kyklopropánio)the simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
Hungarian ciklopropán
- ciklopropánthe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
Italian ciclopropano
- ciclopropanothe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
Swedish cyklopropan
- cyklopropanthe simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6
Cite this entry
APA
cyclopropane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropane
MLA
“cyclopropane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropane. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclopropane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropane.
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