# chloroform
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- +‎ -form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

### Noun

chloroform (uncountable)
* (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl$_3$; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
    Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.

#### Synonyms

* trichloromethane
* Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey

#### Derived terms

* chlorodyne
* chloroformer
* chloroformism
* chloroformist
* chloroformize
* deuterochloroform
* methylchloroform
* methyl chloroform
* nitrochloroform
* prechloroform

#### Translations
### Verb

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)
* To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

#### Derived terms

* unchloroformed

#### Related terms

* methylene chloride
* carbon tetrachloride
* fluoroform
* bromoform
* iodoform

#### Translations
## Afrikaans
### Noun

chloroform (uncountable)
* (organic chemistry) chloroform

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxloroform]
* Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

### Noun

chloroform m inan
* (organic chemistry) chloroform

#### Declension
### References

* “chloroform”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “chloroform”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* chloroform in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

### Noun

chloroform m (uncountable)
* (organic chemistry) chloroform

### Further reading

* “chloroform” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English chloroform, French chloroforme, German Chloroform.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xlɔˈrɔ.fɔrm/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔfɔrm
* Syllabification: chlo‧ro‧form

### Noun

chloroform m inan (related adjective chloroformowy)
* (organic chemistry) chloroform

#### Derived terms

* chloroformować impf

### Further reading

* chloroform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* chloroform in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Scots
### Noun

chloroform (uncountable)
* (organic chemistry) chloroform
** 1935, Joe Corrie, chapter 7, in The Income:Afore I kent where I was I got a smeek o' chloroform.Before I knew where I was I got a puff of chloroform.

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxlɔrɔfɔrm]

### Noun

chloroform m inan (relational adjective chloroformový)
* (organic chemistry) chloroform
    Synonym: trichlórmetán

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “chloroform”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025