furfural
/ˈfɝfjəˌɹæl/noun
furfural is a noun meaning “A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan, obtained commercially from bran, with several industrial uses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-F-U-R-A-L, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of furfural is furfurals.
What does furfural mean?
noun
- 1
A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan, obtained commercially from bran, with several industrial uses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce furfural?
- US /ˈfɝfjəˌɹæl/
- /ˈfɝfəˌɹæl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of furfural
- furfurals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furfural?
Furfural appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
Furfural in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A derivative of furan:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | furfural, furfurol |
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 furfural come from?
From Latin furfur (“bran”) + English -al (“aldehyde”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).