Meanings
noundiphenylcyanoarsine (uncountable)
- uncountableA chemical compound that forms colourless, garlic-smelling crystals and causes nausea and headaches, used as a weapon by the Germans during World War I.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphéno-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchphényle
- Englishphenyl
- Englishdiphenyl
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱwey-
- Proto-Hellenic*kúwanos
- Ancient Greekκῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos)
- Ancient Greekκῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)
- Englishcyano-
- 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
- Englisharsine
- Englishdiphenylcyanoarsine
From diphenyl + cyano- + arsine.
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APA
diphenylcyanoarsine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diphenylcyanoarsine
MLA
“diphenylcyanoarsine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diphenylcyanoarsine. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diphenylcyanoarsine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diphenylcyanoarsine.
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