benzyle
French, noun/bɛ̃.zil/
benzyle is spelled B-E-N-Z-Y-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benzyle is a French feminine noun meaning “benzyl (radical)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe fonctionnel aromatique de formule brute C6H5-CH2-R qui fait partie de la famille des aryles et est…”.
What does benzyle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebenzyl (radical)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe fonctionnel aromatique de formule brute C6H5-CH2-R qui fait partie de la famille des aryles et est dérivé du toluène par perte d'un atome d'hydrogène.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of benzyle
- benzyles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benzyle?
- /bɛ̃.zil/
- \bɛ̃.zil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to benzyle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is benzyle in French?
benzyle appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).