nonanal

N1O1N1A1N1A1L1

noun

An alkyl aldehyde with a strong fruity or floral odour, used in flavouring and perfumery.

Similar
nonanaldehydepelargonaldehyde
OriginEnglish aldehydeclip. ← German Aldehyd ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-) →
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Meanings

nonanal1

nounnonanal (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn alkyl aldehyde with a strong fruity or floral odour, used in flavouring and perfumery.

    Synonyms: nonanaldehyde, pelargonaldehyde

nonanal2

adjectivenonanal (not comparable)

alternative non-anal

  1. not comparablemedicineNot anal; not relating to the anus.

    The physical symptoms domain comprised nine conceptual clusters: anal pain and discomfort, nonanal pain and discomfort, bowel and bladder symptoms, bleeding from anus, anal itching and dryness, burning and stinging, discharge or wetness, external tissue features, and other physical symptoms.

    2018 August, Jack E. Burkhalter, Thomas M. Atkinson, J. Berry-Lawhorn, Stephen Goldstone, Mark H. Einstein, Timothy J. Wilkin, et al., “Initial Development and Content Validation of a Health-Related Symptom Index for Persons either Treated or Monitored for Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions”, in Value in Health, volume 21, number 8, →DOI, page 987

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alkyl aldehyde with a strong fruity or floral odour, used in flavouring and perfumery.

Similar
nonanaldehydepelargonaldehyde
Also see
nonanaldehydenonylaldehydepelargonaldehyde

Origin

nonanal · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁néwn̥
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁newn̥(n)ós
  3. Proto-Italic*nowenos
  4. Latinnōnus
  5. Englishnon-
  6. Englishnonane
  7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  11. Latinalcohol
  12. Proto-Indo-European*de
  13. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  14. Proto-Italic*dē
  15. Latindē
  16. Latinde-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  19. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  20. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  21. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  22. GermanAldehyd
  23. Englishaldehydeclip.
  24. Englishnonanal

From nonane + -al (“aldehyde”).

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nonanal · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eh₂nos
  15. Proto-Italic*ānos
  16. Latinānus
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Latinānālis
  20. Englishanal
  21. Englishnonanal

From non- + anal.

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Translations

German Nonanal
  • Nonanalalkyl aldehyde with a strong fruity or floral odour
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Chicago

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