amyl

English

Alternative forms

• amyle (dated)

Etymology

From Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”) from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmɪl

Noun

amyl (plural amyls)

1. (dated, organic chemistry) Synonym of pentyl
2. (informal) Ellipsis of amyl nitrite.
   • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 4:

     We had two bags of grass, 75 pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers. . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.

   • 1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 226:

     Holy fuck! — it’s like a double amyl rush — popping in the cranium like a week-old orgasm.

Derived terms

• amobarbital
• amyl acetate
• amyl alcohol
• amylate
• amylene
• amylic
• amyl nitrate
• amyl nitrite
• amylogen
• amylogenesis
• amylome
• amylometer
• amyloplastic
• amyluria
• dexamyl
• tertamyl
• tertiary amyl

 

Translations

pentyl

• Catalan: amil m
• French: amyle (fr) m
• Irish: aimil f
• Italian: amile m
• Spanish: amilo m

Adjective

amyl (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to starch

Related terms

• amylo- (amyl-)
• amylum

Translations

of or pertaining to starch

• Irish: aimileach
• Italian: amile
• Portuguese: amílico
• Spanish: amílico

Anagrams

• Almy, Lamy, Maly, Myla, YAML, lyam, myal

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aml, from Latin amplus (“large, spacious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aml/, [ˈaməl]

Adjective

amyl

1. numerous, many

Descendants

• Welsh: aml

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	H-prothesis
amyl	unchanged	unchanged	hamyl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aml”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”). First attested in 1857.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mɘl/
• Rhymes: -amɘl
• Syllabification: a‧myl

Noun

amyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry, obsolete) amyl

Declension

Declension of amyl

	singular
nominative	amyl
genitive	amylu
dative	amylowi
accusative	amyl
instrumental	amylem
locative	amylu
vocative	amylu

Derived terms

nouns

• amylaza
• amylograf
• amyloid
• amyloidoza
• amylopektyna
• amyloplast
• amyloza

 

Further reading

• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• amyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego