Meanings
plural hydrocarbons
- chemistryA compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters ”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 11 Feb 2022, Seascape: the state of our oceans1 more example
Chofen is an unusually small hydrogen-helium gas giant, with traces of sulphur and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. The Alliance surveyor ship Ibn Battuta provided inconclusive evidence of hydrocarbon life in the atmosphere (over 1000 meters below the cloud tops), where pressure compresses Chofen's hydrogen into a liquid state.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Chofen planetary description
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
- Latincarbōnem
- Frenchcarbone
- Englishcarbon
- Englishhydrocarbon
Translations
Basque hidrokarburo
- hidrokarburocompound of carbon and hydrogen
Bulgarian въглеводород
- въглеводород (văglevodorod)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Catalan hidrocarbur
- hidrocarburcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Chinese Cantonese 烴 /烃, 碳氫化合物 /碳氢化合物
- 烴 /烃 (ting¹)compound of carbon and hydrogen
- 碳氫化合物 /碳氢化合物 (taan³ hing¹ faa³ hap⁶ mat⁶)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Chinese Mandarin 烴 /烃, 碳氫化合物 /碳氢化合物
- 烴 /烃 (tīng)compound of carbon and hydrogen
- 碳氫化合物 /碳氢化合物 (tànqīnghuàhéwù)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Czech uhlovodík
- uhlovodíkcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Danish kulbrinte, karbonhydrid
- kulbrintecompound of carbon and hydrogen
- karbonhydridcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Dutch koolwaterstof
- koolwaterstofcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Esperanto hidrokarbono
- hidrokarbonocompound of carbon and hydrogen
Estonian süsivesinik
- süsivesinikcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Finnish hiilivety
- hiilivetycompound of carbon and hydrogen
French hydrocarbure
- hydrocarburecompound of carbon and hydrogen
German Kohlenwasserstoff
- Kohlenwasserstoffcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Greek υδρογονάνθρακας
- υδρογονάνθρακας (ydrogonánthrakas)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Hindi उदप्रांगार
- उदप्रांगार (udaprāṅgār)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Hungarian szénhidrogén
- szénhidrogéncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Icelandic vetniskol, kolvatnsefni
- vetniskolcompound of carbon and hydrogen
- kolvatnsefnicompound of carbon and hydrogen
- kolvetnicompound of carbon and hydrogen
Indonesian hidrokarbon
- hidrokarboncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Irish hidreacarbón
- hidreacarbóncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Italian idrocarburo
- idrocarburocompound of carbon and hydrogen
Japanese 炭化水素
- 炭化水素 (tanka suiso)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Korean 탄화수소
- 탄화수소 (tanhwasuso)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Latvian ogļūdeņradis
- ogļūdeņradiscompound of carbon and hydrogen
Lithuanian angliavandenilis
- angliavandeniliscompound of carbon and hydrogen
Malay hidrokarbon
- hidrokarboncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Māori waiwaro
- waiwarocompound of carbon and hydrogen
Norwegian Bokmål hydrokarbon
- hydrokarboncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Persian هیدروکربن
- هیدروکربن (hidrokarbon)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Polish węglowodór
- węglowodórcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Portuguese hidrocarboneto
- hidrocarbonetocompound of carbon and hydrogen
Romanian hidrocarbură, hidrocarburi
- hidrocarburăcompound of carbon and hydrogen
- hidrocarburicompound of carbon and hydrogen
Russian углеводоро́д
- углеводоро́д (uglevodoród)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Slovak uhľovodík
- uhľovodíkcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Spanish hidrocarburo
- hidrocarburocompound of carbon and hydrogen
Swedish kolväte
- kolvätecompound of carbon and hydrogen
Thai ไฮโดรคาร์บอน
- ไฮโดรคาร์บอน (hai-droo-kaa-bɔ̂n)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Turkish hidrokarbon
- hidrokarboncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Ukrainian вуглево́день
- вуглево́день (vuhlevódenʹ)compound of carbon and hydrogen
Vietnamese hiđrocacbon, khinh than
- hiđrocacboncompound of carbon and hydrogen
- khinh thancompound of carbon and hydrogen
- than nhẹcompound of carbon and hydrogen
- hợp chất than nhẹcompound of carbon and hydrogen
Welsh hydrocarbon
- hydrocarboncompound of carbon and hydrogen
Cite this entry
hydrocarbon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrocarbon
“hydrocarbon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrocarbon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrocarbon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrocarbon.
Source: hydrocarbon on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.