chloral

Blend of chlorine +‎ alcohol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːɹæl/

chloral (usually uncountable, plural chlorals)

1. A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
   • 1997, Vivien Allen, Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 100:

     ‘They say there is a skeleton in every cupboard,’ Rossetti said quietly, ‘and that's mine; it's chloral.’ Caine was shocked but forbore to comment.

• chloralamide

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• IPA^(key): /klɔ.ʁal/

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chloral m (plural chloraux)

1. chloral

• “chloral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.