carbamoyl

English

Etymology

From carbam(ic acid) +‎ -yl.[1]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kär-băm′ō-ĭl′[1]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (contemporary) /kɑːˈbam.əʊ̯ˌɪl/, (conservative) /kɑːˈbæm.əʊ̯ˌɪl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈbæm.oʊ̯ˌɪl/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɐːˈbæm.əʉ̯ˌɪl/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɐːˈbɛm.ɐʉ̯ˌəl/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /kaɹˈbam.oˌɪl/
  • (India) IPA(key): /kaːʳˈbam.oːˌɪl/
  • Rhymes: -æməʊɪl
  • Hyphenation: car‧bam‧o‧yl[1]

Noun

carbamoyl (plural carbamoyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical organic group NH2CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “carbamoyl”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “carbamoyl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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