azobenzene
noun
azobenzene is a noun meaning “An aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-Z-O-B-E-N-Z-E-N-E, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of azobenzene is azobenzenes.
What does azobenzene mean?
noun
- 1
An aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of azobenzene
- azobenzenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is azobenzene?
Azobenzene appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Azobenzene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense diphenyl diazene:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | azobenzène |
| German | Azobenzol |
| Portuguese | azobenzeno |
| Spanish | azobenzeno |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.