benzaldehyde
/bɛnˈzæl.dɪ.haɪd/noun
benzaldehyde is a noun meaning “A chemical compound (C₆H₅CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-E-N-Z-A-L-D-E-H-Y-D-E, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of benzaldehyde is benzaldehydes.
What does benzaldehyde mean?
noun
- 1
A chemical compound (C₆H₅CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent.
- 2
Any of various derivatives of benzaldehyde.
benzaldehydes with polar substituents
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce benzaldehyde?
- /bɛnˈzæl.dɪ.haɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-benzaldehyde.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of benzaldehyde
- benzaldehydes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is benzaldehyde?
Benzaldehyde appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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).
Benzaldehyde in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense C6H5CHO:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | benzaldéhyde |
| German | Benzaldehyd |
| Spanish | benzaldehído |
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.