Meanings
nounsulfobenzaldehyde (plural sulfobenzaldehydes)
plural sulfobenzaldehydes
- chemistryAny of three isomeric sulfonic acids derived from benzaldehyde (or formyl derivatives of benzenesulfonic acid)
Origin
- Latinsulpur
- Latinsulfur
- Latinsulphur
- Anglo-Normansulfre
- Middle Englishsulphur
- Englishsulfur
- Englishsulfo-
- 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
- Englishbenzo-
- Englishbenz-
- 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
- Englishaldehyde
- Englishbenzaldehyde
- Englishsulfobenzaldehyde
From sulfo- + benzaldehyde.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
sulfobenzaldehyde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfobenzaldehyde
MLA
“sulfobenzaldehyde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfobenzaldehyde. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sulfobenzaldehyde,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfobenzaldehyde.
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