Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
- Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
- Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
- Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
- Englishpenta-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
- Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchoxygène
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*akēō
- Latinaceō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinacidu
- Frenchacide
- Frenchoxide
- Englishoxide
- Englishpentoxide
Translations
Finnish pentoksidi
- pentoksidioxide containing five oxygen atoms
German Pentoxid
- Pentoxidoxide containing five oxygen atoms
Italian pentossido
- pentossidooxide containing five oxygen atoms
Romanian pentoxid
- pentoxidoxide containing five oxygen atoms
Spanish pentóxido
- pentóxidooxide containing five oxygen atoms
Cite this entry
APA
pentoxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentoxide
MLA
“pentoxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentoxide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentoxide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentoxide.
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