Meanings
nounfluorobenzene (plural fluorobenzenes)
plural fluorobenzenes
- chemistryAny fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C₆H₅F (phenyl fluoride)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluoro-
- GermanBenzoe
- GermanBenzin
- Englishbenzine
- Englishbenzene
- Englishfluorobenzene
Translations
Catalan fluorobenzè
- fluorobenzèfluorinated benzene
Chinese Mandarin 氟苯
- 氟苯 (fúběn)fluorinated benzene
French fluorobenzène
- fluorobenzènefluorinated benzene
German Fluorbenzol
- Fluorbenzolfluorinated benzene
Greek φθοροβενζόλιο
- φθοροβενζόλιο (fthorovenzólio)fluorinated benzene
Hindi फ्लोरोबेंजिन
- फ्लोरोबेंजिन (phlorobeñjin)fluorinated benzene
Italian fluorobenzene
- fluorobenzenefluorinated benzene
Japanese フルオロベンゼン
- フルオロベンゼン (furuorobenzen)fluorinated benzene
Romanian fluorobenzen
- fluorobenzenfluorinated benzene
Tamil புளோரோபென்சீன்
- புளோரோபென்சீன் (puḷōrōpeṉcīṉ)fluorinated benzene
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
fluorobenzene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorobenzene
MLA
“fluorobenzene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorobenzene. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluorobenzene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorobenzene.
Source: fluorobenzene on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.