arsenide

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US/ˈaɹsəˌnaɪd/

noun

An ion that is an arsenic atom with three extra electrons and charge −3.

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Meanings

nounarsenide (plural arsenides)

plural arsenides

  1. An ion that is an arsenic atom with three extra electrons and charge −3.
  2. 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 Why
    1 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  17. Englisharsenide

From arsenic + -ide.

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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
APA

arsenide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenide

MLA

“arsenide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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