diol

See also: dìol and díol

English

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diol

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Etymology

From di- +‎ -ol.

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Noun

diol (plural diols)

1. (organic chemistry) any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups

Derived terms

• acetylenediol
• alfacalcidol
• androstanediol
• benzenediol
• butanediol
• calcifediol
• cannabidiol
• dammarenediol
• diolate
• enterodiol
• estradiol
• etynodiol
• gem-diol
• geminal diol
• hexanediol
• intradiol
• iobitridol
• ketodiol
• macrodiol
• nadolol
• oligodiol
• pentanediol
• pinanediol
• pregnadienediol
• pregnanediol
• propanediol
• vicinal diol

Translations

organic compound

French: diol (fr) m German: Diol (de) n Polish: diol (pl) m Russian: дио́л (ru) m (diól) Spanish: diol m Welsh: deuol m

See also

• glycol

Anagrams

• Lodi, OLDI, idol, lido, loid, olid

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

diol

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɔl/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

diol m (plural diols)

1. (organic chemistry) diol

Further reading

• “diol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

diol

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

di- +‎ -ol

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɔw/ [d͡ʒɪˈɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɔl/ [ˈdjɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɔl/ [ˈdjɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɔ.li/

• Hyphenation: di‧ol

Noun

diol m (plural dióis)

1. (organic chemistry) diol

Hypernyms

• álcool

Further reading

• “diol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “diol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

diol

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjol/ [ˈd̪jol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: diol

Noun

diol m (plural dioles)

1. (organic chemistry) diol