different between naphthene vs naphtha

English

Etymology

naphtha +? -ene

Noun

naphthene (plural naphthenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).

Translations

Usage notes

• Used principally in the petrochemical industry

English

Etymology

From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek ????? (náphtha, “naphtha”), ultimately from Old Persian *nafta?. The Greek mediation is reflected in the spelling – ‘ph’ and ‘th’ (from ‘?’ and ‘?’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næf??/, /?næp??/

Noun

naphtha (countable and uncountable, plural naphthas)

1. (dated) Naturally occurring liquid petroleum.
2. Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
   • 1995, Philip Pullman, Northern Lights:

     The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (nafusa)
• ? Korean: ??? (napeuta)

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• napth?s

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nap?.t?a/, [?näp?t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?naf.ta/, [?n?ft??]

Noun

naphtha f (genitive naphthae); first declension

1. naphtha

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• naphtha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• naphtha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette