formyl
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪl/noun
formyl is a noun meaning “The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-M-Y-L, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of formyl is formyls.
What does formyl mean?
noun
- 1
The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce formyl?
- /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪl/
- /ˈfɔː(ɹ)maɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-formyl.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-formyl2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of formyl
- formyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is formyl?
Formyl appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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).
Formyl in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense -CHO:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | formyle |
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.