English Explanatory Dictionary

fluoride

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
  2. Any of certain salts of hydrofluoric acid, such as the simple metallic ones.
  3. The anionic form of a fluorine atom.

Pronunciation

/ˈflʊəˌɹaɪd/ /ˈflɔːˌɹaɪd/ /ˈflʊɚˌaɪd/ /ˈflɔɹˌaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fluoride.wav

Word forms

fluoride fluorides

Etymology

From fluor(ine) + -ide.

Synonyms

fluate fluat

Derived words

actinium fluoride acyl fluoride aluminium fluoride aluminofluoride ammonium fluoride antifluoride argentous fluoride arsenic tetrachloride fluoride berkelium fluoride beryllium fluoride bifluoride borofluoride cadmium fluoride caesium fluoride cesium fluoride calcium fluoride chlorine fluoride difluoride ferric fluoride fluoridation fluorided fluoride stare fluoridisation fluoridization fluoridise fluoridize fluoridosis graphite fluoride heptafluoride hexafluoride hydrogen fluoride krypton fluoride lithium fluoride magnesium fluoride methyl fluoride monofluoride nitrosyl fluoride nitryl fluoride organofluoride oxofluoride oxyfluoride oxygen fluoride pentafluoride phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride polyvinyl fluoride polyvinylidene fluoride potassium fluoride potassium zirconium fluoride protofluoride radiofluoride radium fluoride radon fluoride scandium fluoride silicofluoride silver fluoride sodium aluminium fluoride sodium fluoride stannofluoride sulfonyl fluoride sulfuryl fluoride

Translations

Catalan: fluorur Chinese Mandarin: 氟化物 Czech: fluorid Dhivehi: ފްލޮރައިޑް Dutch: fluoride Finnish: fluoridi French: fluorure Galician: fluoruro German: Fluorid Hindi: तरस्विनिक Hungarian: fluorid Italian: fluoruro Japanese: フッ化物 Japanese: 弗化物 Kazakh: фторид Korean: 플루오린화물 Korean: 불화물 Kyrgyz: фторид Māori: pūkōwhai Polish: fluorek Portuguese: fluoreto Romanian: fluorură Russian: фтори́д Slovak: fluorid Spanish: fluoruro Swahili: floridi Telugu: ఫ్లోరైడు Turkish: florür
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