Meanings
nouncyclopropene (plural cyclopropenes)
plural cyclopropenes
- chemistryThe cycloalkene having three carbon atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound
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-
- Englishpropene
- Englishcyclopropene
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 環丙烯 /环丙烯
- 環丙烯 /环丙烯 (huánbǐngxī)cycloalkene having three carbon atoms
Dutch cyclopropeen
- cyclopropeencycloalkene having three carbon atoms
Italian ciclopropene
- ciclopropenecycloalkene having three carbon atoms
Spanish ciclopropeno
- ciclopropenocycloalkene having three carbon atoms
Cite this entry
APA
cyclopropene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropene
MLA
“cyclopropene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropene. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclopropene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropene.
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