cyanohydrin

1. 1.

   any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom

   Broaderorganic compound

Other forms of cyanohydrin

plural

cyanohydrins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cyanohydrin

What does cyanohydrin mean?

cyanohydrin means "any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom".

How many syllables are in cyanohydrin?

cyanohydrin has 4 syllables and divides as cya-no-hy-drin under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.