Meanings
plural arsenides
- A compound with arsenic in oxidation state −3.
Presence of nitrides, argonides, arsenides, and iodides in the crystalline rocks
2017, Kathleen F. Edwards, Joel F. Liebman, No Nobel for Noble Gases - Some Guesses Why1 more example
Colani (1907b) prepared uranium arsenide and antimonide by methods similar to the one he used for the preparation of phosphide.
1951, Joseph J. Katz, Eugene Rabinowitch, The Chemistry of Uranium: The Element, Its Binary and Related Compounds, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., page 241
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
- Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
- Old Median*zaranyam
- Old Median*kā
- Old Median*zaraniyakā
- Middle Persian*zarnīk
- Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
- Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
- Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
- Latinarsenicum
- Middle Frencharsenic
- Middle Englisharsenik
- Englisharsenic
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englisharsenide
Translations
Catalan arsenur
- arsenurcompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
French arséniure
- arséniurecompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
German Arsenid
- Arsenidcompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
Hindi नैपालेय
- नैपालेय (naipāley)arsenide ion
Hungarian arzenid
- arzenidcompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
Polish arsenek
- arsenekcompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
Portuguese arsenieto
- arsenietocompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
Spanish arseniuro, arseniuro
- arseniuroarsenide ion
- arseniurocompound with arsenic in oxidation state -3
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Cite this entry
arsenide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenide
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