Meanings
nountetraalkylammonium (plural tetraalkylammoniums)
plural tetraalkylammoniums
- especiallyin compoundschemistryAny alkyl quaternary ammonium ion
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalc(ohol)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishalkyl
- New Latinammōnium
- Englishammonium
- Englishtetraalkylammonium
From tetra- + alkyl + ammonium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian tetralchilammonio
- tetralchilammonioTranslations
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APA
tetraalkylammonium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraalkylammonium
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“tetraalkylammonium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraalkylammonium. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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