Meanings
nounheptenal (plural heptenals)
plural heptenals
- chemistryAny of several isomeric unsaturated aldehydes that have seven carbon atoms.
Origin
- Englishheptene
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Latinalcohol
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- GermanAldehyd
- Englishaldehydeclip.
- Englishheptenal
From heptene + -al (“aldehyde”).
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APA
heptenal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heptenal
MLA
“heptenal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heptenal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heptenal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heptenal.
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