English Explanatory Dictionary

halide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
  2. Such a salt with a single halogen atom.
  3. The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪ.laɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-halide.wav /ˈhæl.aɪd/

Word forms

halide halides

Etymology

From hal(ogen) + -ide.

Derived words

acyl halide alkyl halide dihalide halided hydrogen halide hydrohalide metal halide lamp monohalide organohalide oxohalide oxyhalide pentahalide pseudohalide selenyl halide tetrahalide trihalide vinyl halide

Translations

Arabic: هَالِيت Catalan: halur Chinese Mandarin: 鹵化物 /卤化物 Dutch: halogenide Esperanto: halogenido Farefare: yaaride Finnish: halidi French: halogénure German: Halit German: Halogenid Italian: alogenuro Japanese: ハロゲン化物 Kazakh: галогенид Norwegian Bokmål: halitt Norwegian Bokmål: stensalt Portuguese: haleto Romanian: halogenură Spanish: haluro Swedish: bergsalt Swedish: halit Swedish: stensal Turkish: halojenür Welsh: halid
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