Meanings
adjectiveperchlorobenzoic (comparative more perchlorobenzoic, superlative most perchlorobenzoic)
comparative more perchlorobenzoic · superlative most perchlorobenzoic
- Of or pertaining to perchlorobenzoic acid or its derivatives
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Italic*per
- Latinper
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Italic*peri-
- Latinper-
- Englishper-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
- Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
- Englishchloro-
- Englishperchloro
- 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
- Englishperchlorobenzoic
From perchloro + benzoic.
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APA
perchlorobenzoic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perchlorobenzoic
MLA
“perchlorobenzoic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perchlorobenzoic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perchlorobenzoic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perchlorobenzoic.
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