Noun: benzene
| Singular | benzene |
| Plural | benzenes |
Sample Sentences
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Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. [2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance]”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2013:]
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The recall notice, published earlier this week, noted that the affected products likely will not expose people to levels of benzene high enough to cause health issues. [2021 November 26, Jackie Wattles, “Some Old Spice and Secret deodorants recalled after cancer-causing chemical is detected”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2022:]
Nouns inflected like benzene
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. German Benzoe
3. Proto-Indo-European *-nós
4. Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
5. Proto-Italic *-īnos
6. Latin -īnusder.
7. German -in
8. German Benzinbor.
9. English benzine
10. English benzene
11. A technical term in chemistry, adopted in English in 1835 as benzine (benzene from 1872), from German Benzin, which was coined in 1833 by Eilhardt Mitscherlich based on Benzoesäure (“benzoic acid”), plus the technical ending -ene (German -in) denoting hydrocarbons. The adjective benzoic is in turn from benzoin, originally a term for a balsamic resin from Middle French benjoin, from Spanish benjuí, Portuguese beijoim, Italian benzoe, probably, from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”).
12. Not related to German Benz (surname). See: German Nouns '
Benzin', Spanish Nouns '
benjuí', Italian Nouns '
benzoe'.
Verbs referencing "benzene"
Polish Nouns
benzen, Finnish Nouns
bentseeni, Irish Nouns
beinséin.