cyclobutane
noun
cyclobutane is a noun meaning “A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₈; a light inflammable gas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-B-U-T-A-N-E, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cyclobutane is cyclobutanes.
What does cyclobutane mean?
noun
- 1
A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₈; a light inflammable gas.
- 2
Any derivative of this compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cyclobutane
- cyclobutanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cyclobutane?
Cyclobutane appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th 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).
Cyclobutane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a simple alicyclic hydrocarbon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cyclobutane |
| German | Cyclobutan |
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.
Where does cyclobutane come from?
From cyclo- + butane from being a circular structure, a butane chain as a closed ring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).