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alcoyler

synonym of alkyler

Usage

Alcoyler is an older chemistry spelling — from alcoyle, the historical French form of "alkyl" — meaning to fix an alkyl radical onto a molecule, i.e. to alkylate. Modern chemical French has largely replaced it with the alkyler / alkyle spelling.

Examples
  • L'ancien manuel de chimie organique emploie le verbe alcoyler.The old organic chemistry textbook uses the verb alcoyler.
  • Ce procédé permet d'alcoyler la molécule de base.This process makes it possible to alkylate the base molecule.
  • La graphie alcoyler a cédé la place à alkyler dans l'usage moderne.The spelling alcoyler has given way to alkyler in modern usage.
Common mistake

Learners encountering chemistry French today should expect alkyler, the modern spelling — alcoyler is a historical variant found in older texts.

Often confused with alkyler.

Simple tenses

Present

jealcoyle
tualcoyles
il/ellealcoyle
nousalcoylons
vousalcoylez
ils/ellesalcoylent

Imperfect

jealcoylais
tualcoylais
il/ellealcoylait
nousalcoylions
vousalcoyliez
ils/ellesalcoylaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jealcoylai
tualcoylas
il/ellealcoyla
nousalcoylâmes
vousalcoylâtes
ils/ellesalcoylèrent

Future

jealcoylerai
tualcoyleras
il/ellealcoylera
nousalcoylerons
vousalcoylerez
ils/ellesalcoyleront

Conditional

jealcoylerais
tualcoylerais
il/ellealcoylerait
nousalcoylerions
vousalcoyleriez
ils/ellesalcoyleraient

Subjunctive

jealcoyle
tualcoyles
il/ellealcoyle
nousalcoylions
vousalcoyliez
ils/ellesalcoylent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jealcoylasse
tualcoylasses
il/ellealcoylât
nousalcoylassions
vousalcoylassiez
ils/ellesalcoylassent

Imperative

tualcoyle
nousalcoylons
vousalcoylez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai alcoylé
tuas alcoylé
il/ellea alcoylé
nousavons alcoylé
vousavez alcoylé
ils/ellesont alcoylé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais alcoylé
tuavais alcoylé
il/elleavait alcoylé
nousavions alcoylé
vousaviez alcoylé
ils/ellesavaient alcoylé

Passé antérieur

jeeus alcoylé
tueus alcoylé
il/elleeut alcoylé
nouseûmes alcoylé
vouseûtes alcoylé
ils/elleseurent alcoylé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai alcoylé
tuauras alcoylé
il/elleaura alcoylé
nousaurons alcoylé
vousaurez alcoylé
ils/ellesauront alcoylé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais alcoylé
tuaurais alcoylé
il/elleaurait alcoylé
nousaurions alcoylé
vousauriez alcoylé
ils/ellesauraient alcoylé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie alcoylé
tuaies alcoylé
il/elleait alcoylé
nousayons alcoylé
vousayez alcoylé
ils/ellesaient alcoylé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse alcoylé
tueusses alcoylé
il/elleeût alcoylé
nouseussions alcoylé
vouseussiez alcoylé
ils/elleseussent alcoylé

Impératif passé

tuaie alcoylé
nousayons alcoylé
vousayez alcoylé

Other

Present participle

alcoylant

Past participle

alcoylé

Infinitive

alcoyler

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Frequently asked questions

What does "alcoyler" mean?

"alcoyler" means "synonym of alkyler".

How do you conjugate "alcoyler" in the present tense?

The present of "alcoyler" is: je alcoyle, tu alcoyles, il/elle alcoyle, nous alcoylons, vous alcoylez, ils/elles alcoylent.

What is the Passé composé of "alcoyler"?

The passé composé of "alcoyler" is: je ai alcoylé, tu as alcoylé, il/elle a alcoylé, nous avons alcoylé, vous avez alcoylé, ils/elles ont alcoylé.

What is the Imperative of "alcoyler"?

The imperative of "alcoyler" is: tu alcoyle, nous alcoylons, vous alcoylez.