Meanings
verbfluorobenzoylate (third-person singular simple present fluorobenzoylates, present participle fluorobenzoylating, simple past and past participle fluorobenzoylated)
present singular third person fluorobenzoylates · participle present fluorobenzoylating · participle past fluorobenzoylated · past fluorobenzoylated
- chemistryTo react with a fluorobenzoyl radical
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluoro-
- Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
- Proto-Indo-European*yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
- Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
- Proto-Austronesian*zawa
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
- Old Javanesejawa
- Old JavaneseJawi
- Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
- Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
- Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
- Catalanbenjuí
- Middle Frenchbenjoin
- Englishbenzoin
- Englishbenzoic
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishbenzoyl
- Englishbenzoylate
- Englishfluorobenzoylate
From fluoro- + benzoylate.
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APA
fluorobenzoylate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorobenzoylate
MLA
“fluorobenzoylate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorobenzoylate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluorobenzoylate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorobenzoylate.
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