Chlorophyl

/ˈklɔːroʊfɪl/ noun

Definition

An alternate or informal spelling of chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants that captures light energy for photosynthesis.

Etymology

From chloro- (Greek chloros, green) plus -phyl (Greek phyllon, leaf). This shorter spelling emerged in popular and older scientific texts as a variant of chlorophyll.

Kelly Says

Chlorophyl versus chlorophyll is one of those spelling wars where chemistry settled on 'chlorophyll' with two l's to match Greek pronunciation, but 'chlorophyl' persists in some brands and older texts—it's like how 'doughnut' and 'donut' both won, but one is way more common.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ክሎሮፊል
kloro-fil
ARالعربية
كلوروفيل
khlorofil
BNবাংলা
ক্লোরোফিল
klorofil
CACatalà
clorofil
klo-ro-fil
CSČeština
chlorofil
klor-o-fil
DADansk
chlorofyll
klor-o-fil
DEDeutsch
Chlorophyll
klor-o-fil
ELΕλληνικά
χλωροφύλλο
hloo-ro-fil-lo
ESEspañol
clorofila
klo-ro-fee-la
FAفارسی
کلروفیل
khlorofil
FISuomi
klorofylli
klor-o-fil-li
FRFrançais
chlorophylle
klɔʁo-fi-l
GUGU
કલોરોફિલ
kalo-ro-fil
HAHA
chlorophyll
klor-o-fil
HEעברית
כלורופיל
khlorofil
HIहिन्दी
क्लोरोफिल
klorofil
HUMagyar
klorofil
klor-o-fil
IDBahasa Indonesia
klorofil
klor-o-fil
IGIG
chlorophyll
klor-o-fil
ITItaliano
clorofilla
klo-ro-fil-la
JA日本語
クロロフィル
Kuro-fi-ru
KKKK
хлорофил
khlorofil
KMKM
ក្លូរ៉ូហ្វីល
klor-o-phi-l
KO한국어
클로로필
keu-ro-pil
MRMR
क्लोरोफिल
klorofil
MSBahasa Melayu
klorofil
klor-o-fil
MYမြန်မာ
ကလောရိုဖီလ်
kala-ro-phi-l
NLNederlands
chlorofyl
klor-o-fil
NONorsk
klorofyll
klor-o-fil
PAPA
ਕਲੋਰੋਫਿਲ
klorofil
PLPolski
chlorofil
klor-o-fil
PTPortuguês
clorofila
klo-ro-fee-la
RORomână
clorofil
klo-ro-fil
RUРусский
хлорофилл
khlorofill
SVSvenska
klorofyll
klor-o-fil
SWKiswahili
chlorophyll
klor-o-fil
TAதமிழ்
குளோரோபில்
kloo-ro-pil
TEతెలుగు
క్రోరోఫిల్
kro-ro-fil
THไทย
คลอโรฟิล
klor-o-fil
TLTL
chlorophyll
klor-o-fil
TRTürkçe
klorofil
klor-o-fil
UKУкраїнська
хлорофіл
khlorofil
URاردو
کلوروفیل
khlorofil
VITiếng Việt
clorofill
klor-o-fil
YOYO
chlorophyll
klor-o-fil
ZH中文
叶绿素
yè lǜ sù
ZUZU
chlorophyll
klor-o-fil

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