nitrile

Etymology
Derived from benzonitrile which contains the −C≡N group. Benzonitrile was discovered and named by by Hermann Fehling in 1844.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
 * 2) A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene:.

Translations

 * Catalan: nitril
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 腈
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: nitriili
 * German: Nitril
 * Hungarian: nitril
 * Irish: nítríl
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ニトリル
 * Korean: 니트릴
 * Polish: nitryl
 * Portuguese: nitrila, nitrilo
 * Spanish: nitrilo