# phenol
## English
### Etymology

From French phène, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to clear”), as it was used for illumination, name given by Auguste Laurente in 1836.
By surface analysis, pheno- +‎ -ol.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈfinəl/, /ˈfinɑl/, /fəˈnoʊl/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfiːnəl/, /ˈfiːnɒl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
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* Rhymes: -iːnəl

### Noun

phenol (countable and uncountable, plural phenols)
* (organic chemistry, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C$_6$H$_5$OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid
* (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)

#### Synonyms

* (caustic compound derived from benzene): carbolic acid
* benzenol
* hydroxybenzene

#### Hyponyms

* alizarin
* alkylphenol
* amidol
* aminosalicylic acid
* anacardic acid
* anthrapurpurin
* apocynin
* aurin
* bamethan
* biclotymol
* bisoxatin
* bisphenol
* bithionol
* bromoxynil
* butylparaben
* calcein
* carbol fuchsin
* cardanol
* carvacrol
* catechin
* catechol
* cavicularin
* chavicol
* chlorophenol
* chloroxylenol
* chromotropic acid
* cichoric acid
* clofoctol
* combretastatin
* coumaric acid
* coumestrol
* creosol
* cresol
* curcumin
* curcuminoid
* desaspidin
* dichlorophen
* dichlorophenol
* diethylstilbestrol
* diferulic acid
* difluorophenol
* dihydroxyphenylglycine
* dimetofrine
* dinoseb
* dioxybenzone
* dithranol
* ellagic acid
* estradiol
* ethylparaben
* ethyl salicylate
* ethylvanillin
* etilefrine
* eugenol
* ferulic acid
* gallic acid
* gepefrine
* gingerol
* glycin
* gossypol
* guaiacol
* hematein
* hexachlorophenol
* homocapsaicin
* homogentisic acid
* homosalate
* homovanillic acid
* honokiol
* hordenine
* hydroxytyrosol
* ifenprodil
* ketazocine
* ketobemidone
* magnolol
* mequinol
* mesalazine
* methylparaben
* methyl salicylate
* metol
* monobenzone
* morphine
* mutisianthol
* naphthol
* nitrophenol
* nonylphenol
* norfenefrine
* o-cresol
* octabenzone
* octyl salicylate
* oleocanthal
* oleuropein
* orcin
* orsellinic acid
* ortho-vanillin
* oxantel
* oxybenzone
* oxyphenisatine
* paraben
* paracetamol
* paradol
* parietin
* pentachlorophenol
* phenolphthalein
* phloroglucinol
* picamar
* piceatannol
* picric acid
* polyphenol
* prenalterol
* proanthocyanidin
* probucol
* propofol
* propyl gallate
* propylparaben
* punicalagins
* pyrogallol
* ractopamine
* resorcinol
* resveratrol
* rosmarinic acid
* rosocyanine
* rubrocurcumin
* salbutamol
* salicylaldehyde
* salicylaldoxime
* salicylic acid
* sesamol
* shogaol
* styphnic acid
* sulfanylphenol
* syringol
* tannic acid
* theaflavin
* thorin
* thymol
* thyronamine
* trichlorophenol
* triclosan
* tyramine
* tyrosine
* tyrosol
* umbelliferone
* vanillin
* xamoterol
* xantocillin
* xibornol
* xylenol
* zingerone

#### Derived terms

* allylphenol
* aminophenol
* biophenol
* biphenol
* bisphenol A
* bromophenol
* diaminophenol
* dimethylphenol
* diphenol
* ethylphenol
* fenoldopam
* fluorophenol
* halophenol
* iodophenol
* lactophenol
* methoxyphenol
* methylenedioxyphenol
* monophenol
* orthophenylphenol
* oxyphenol
* phenolamine
* phenolase
* phenolated
* phenolether
* phenol formaldehyde resin
* phenolic
* phenolize
* phenoloxidase
* phenol oxidase
* phenol phthalein
* phenol red
* phentolamine
* pholedrine
* phytophenol
* polyhydroxyphenol
* profadol
* propenylphenol
* tetrachlorophenol
* tetraphenol
* thiophenol
* trinitrophenol
* vinylphenol

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Auguste Laurent (1836) "Sur la chlorophénise et les acides chlorophénisique et chlorophénèsique," Annales de Chemie et de Physique, vol. 63, pp. 27–45, see p. 44: Je donne le nom de phène au radical fondamental des acides précédens (φαινω, j'éclaire), puisque la benzine se trouve dans le gaz de l'éclairage. (I give the name of "phène" (φαινω, I illuminate) to the fundamental radical of the preceding acid, because benzene is found in illuminating gas.)

### Anagrams

* holpen

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* phê-nôn, phê-non

### Etymology

Borrowed from French phénol.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [fe˧˧ non˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [fej˧˧ non˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [fej˧˧ non˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: phê nôń

### Noun

phenol
* (organic chemistry) phenol

#### Derived terms

* phenolphtalein