inorganic compound

noun

Any compound not containing carbon atoms.

Opposite
organic compound
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Meanings

nouninorganic compound (plural inorganic compounds)

plural inorganic compounds

  1. chemistryAny compound not containing carbon atoms.
  2. chemistryAny compound containing carbon atoms ionically bound to other atoms.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
organic compound

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 無機化合物 /无机化合物
  • 無機化合物 /无机化合物 (mo⁴ gei¹ faa³ hap⁶ mat⁶)compound without carbon atoms
Chinese Mandarin 無機化合物 /无机化合物
  • 無機化合物 /无机化合物 (wújī huàhéwù)compound without carbon atoms
Czech anorganická sloučenina
  • anorganická sloučeninacompound without carbon atoms
Finnish epäorgaaninen yhdiste
  • epäorgaaninen yhdistecompound without carbon atoms
French composé inorganique
  • composé inorganiquecompound without carbon atoms
German anorganische Verbindung
  • anorganische Verbindungcompound without carbon atoms
Greek ανόργανη ένωση
  • ανόργανη ένωση (anórgani énosi)compound without carbon atoms
Hungarian szervetlen vegyület
  • szervetlen vegyületcompound without carbon atoms
Irish comhdhúil neamhorgánach
  • comhdhúil neamhorgánachcompound without carbon atoms
Japanese 無機化合物
  • 無機化合物 (muki kagōbutsu)compound without carbon atoms
Korean 무기 화합물
  • 무기 화합물 (mugi hwahammul)compound without carbon atoms
Polish związek nieorganiczny
  • związek nieorganicznycompound without carbon atoms
Portuguese composto inorgânico
  • composto inorgânicocompound without carbon atoms
Romanian compus anorganic
  • compus anorganiccompound without carbon atoms
Russian неоргани́ческое соедине́ние, неоргани́ческое вещество́
  • неоргани́ческое соедине́ние (neorganíčeskoje sojedinénije)compound without carbon atoms
  • неоргани́ческое вещество́ (neorganíčeskoje veščestvó)compound without carbon atoms
Tagalog dihaying balangkap
  • dihaying balangkapcompound without carbon atoms
Vietnamese hợp chất vô cơ
  • hợp chất vô cơcompound without carbon atoms
Welsh cyfansoddyn anorganig
  • cyfansoddyn anorganigcompound without carbon atoms
Cite this entry
APA

inorganic compound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inorganic%20compound

MLA

“inorganic compound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inorganic%20compound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inorganic compound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inorganic%20compound.

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