nitride

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/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd/

noun

A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3.

OriginProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English nitr(ogen) ← French nitrogène →
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Meanings

nounnitride (plural nitrides)

plural nitrides

  1. chemistryA compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −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
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    This process provides an unpatternable sheet of silicon nitride that electrically isolates the devices […]

    2005, Paolo Dario, Raja Chatila, Robotics Research: The Eleventh International Symposium, page 506
verbnitride (third-person singular simple present nitrides, present participle nitriding, simple past and past participle nitrided)

present singular third person nitrides · participle present nitriding · participle past nitrided · past nitrided

  1. transitiveTo subject to the nitriding process.

Origin

  1. Egyptiannṯr
  2. Egyptiannṯrj
  3. Ancient Greekνίτρον (nítron)
  4. Latinnitrum
  5. Frenchnitre
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  8. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  9. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  10. Frenchnitrogène
  11. Englishnitr(ogen)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Englishnitride

From nitr(ogen) + -ide.

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Translations

Bulgarian нитрид
  • нитрид (nitrid)compound of nitrogen
Catalan nitrur
  • nitrurcompound of nitrogen
Chinese Mandarin 氮化物
  • 氮化物 (dànhuàwù)compound of nitrogen
Dutch nitride
  • nitridecompound of nitrogen
Esperanto nitrido
  • nitridocompound of nitrogen
Finnish nitridi
  • nitridicompound of nitrogen
French nitride
  • nitridecompound of nitrogen
German Nitride
  • Nitridecompound of nitrogen
Greek νιτρίδιο
  • νιτρίδιο (nitrídio)compound of nitrogen
Hindi भुयातिक
  • भुयातिक (bhuyātik)compound of nitrogen
Hungarian nitrid
  • nitridcompound of nitrogen
Icelandic nítríð, niturherða
  • nítríðcompound of nitrogen
  • niturherðacompound of nitrogen
Irish nítríd
  • nítrídcompound of nitrogen
Italian nitruro
  • nitrurocompound of nitrogen
Japanese 窒化物
  • 窒化物 (chikkabutsu)compound of nitrogen
Polish azotek, azotować
  • azotekcompound of nitrogen
  • azotowaćTranslations
Portuguese nitreto
  • nitretocompound of nitrogen
Romanian nitrură, azotură
  • nitrurăcompound of nitrogen
  • azoturăcompound of nitrogen
Russian нитри́д
  • нитри́д (nitríd)compound of nitrogen
Spanish nitruro
  • nitrurocompound of nitrogen
Swedish nitrid
  • nitridcompound of nitrogen
Thai ไนไตรด์
  • ไนไตรด์ (nai-dtrai)compound of nitrogen
Turkish nitrür
  • nitrürcompound of nitrogen
Ukrainian нітри́д
  • нітри́д (nitrýd)compound of nitrogen
Vietnamese nitrit
  • nitritcompound of nitrogen
Welsh nitrid
  • nitridcompound of nitrogen

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

inditerneritid
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nitride,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitride.

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