chloroform

Borrowed from French chloroforme.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

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• Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

chloroform (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

• trichloromethane
• Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)

1. To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

• fluoroform
• bromoform
• iodoform

chloroform (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

• IPA^(key): [ˈxloroform]
• Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

chloroform m inan

1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

• chloroform in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• chloroform in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• chloroform in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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• Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

chloroform m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

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

• IPA^(key): /xlɔˈrɔ.fɔrm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔfɔrm
• Syllabification: chlo‧ro‧form

chloroform m inan

1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

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

chloroform (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) chloroform
   • 1935, Corrie, Joe, 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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈxloroform]

chloroform m (genitive singular chloroformu, nominative plural chloroformy, genitive plural chloroformov, declension pattern of dub)

1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

   Synonym: trichlórmetán

• chloroform in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk