"cyanide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪənaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cyanide.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cyanides [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪd Etymology: cyan- + -ide Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cyan|ide}} cyan- + -ide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cyanide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanides)
  1. (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN⁻ anion. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Organic compounds, Poisons, Potassium, Sodium Translations (chemistry: any compound containing the CN group): цыяні́д (cyjaníd) [masculine] (Belarusian), цианид (cianid) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cianur [masculine] (Catalan), 氰化物 (qínghuàwù) (Chinese Mandarin), kyanid [masculine] (Czech), cyanid (Danish), cyanide [neuter] (Dutch), cianido (Esperanto), syanidi (Finnish), syaaniyhdiste (Finnish), cyanure [masculine] (French), Zyanid [neuter] (German), ציאניד (tzianyd) [masculine] (Hebrew), श्यामिद (śyāmid) (Hindi), cianid (Hungarian), cianido (Ido), sianida (Indonesian), cianuro [masculine] (Italian), 青酸塩 (seisan'en) (alt: せいさんえん) (Japanese), цијанид (cijanid) [masculine] (Macedonian), haeanate (Maori), سیانور (siyânur) (Persian), cyjanek [masculine] (Polish), cianeto [masculine] (Portuguese), cianureto [masculine] (Portuguese), cianura [feminine] (Romanian), циани́д (cianíd) [masculine] (Russian), cianuro [masculine] (Spanish), prusiato [masculine] (Spanish), cyanid (Swedish), siyanuro (Tagalog), ไซยาไนด์ (sai-yaa-nai) (Thai), siyanür (Turkish), ціані́д (cianíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cyanide-en-noun-jRxW6eqv Disambiguation of Poisons: 22 33 33 12 Disambiguation of Potassium: 21 38 35 6 Disambiguation of Sodium: 20 40 34 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cyan-, English terms suffixed with -ide Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 38 44 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 32 35 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyan-: 14 34 36 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ide: 21 35 35 9 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: any compound containing the CN group': 72 15 14
  2. (inorganic chemistry) Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Poisons, Potassium, Sodium
    Sense id: en-cyanide-en-noun-L3ltIejt Disambiguation of Poisons: 22 33 33 12 Disambiguation of Potassium: 21 38 35 6 Disambiguation of Sodium: 20 40 34 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cyan-, English terms suffixed with -ide Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 38 44 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 32 35 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyan-: 14 34 36 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ide: 21 35 35 9 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Poisons, Potassium, Sodium
    Sense id: en-cyanide-en-noun-mIIqFdno Disambiguation of Poisons: 22 33 33 12 Disambiguation of Potassium: 21 38 35 6 Disambiguation of Sodium: 20 40 34 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cyan-, English terms suffixed with -ide Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 38 44 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 32 35 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyan-: 14 34 36 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ide: 21 35 35 9 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: benzyl cyanide, bromobenzyl cyanide, carbonyl cyanide, cyanide fishing, cyanide process, ferricyanide, ferrocyanide, methyl cyanide, vinyl cyanide

Verb

IPA: /ˈsaɪənaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cyanide.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cyanides [present, singular, third-person], cyaniding [participle, present], cyanided [participle, past], cyanided [past]
Rhymes: -aɪd Etymology: cyan- + -ide Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cyan|ide}} cyan- + -ide Head templates: {{en-verb}} cyanide (third-person singular simple present cyanides, present participle cyaniding, simple past and past participle cyanided)
  1. (transitive) To treat or poison with cyanide. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Poisons Related terms: hydrocyanic acid, Zyklon B, Nevada gas [slang]
    Sense id: en-cyanide-en-verb-taj2Hhdf Disambiguation of Poisons: 22 33 33 12 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with cyan- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyan-: 14 34 36 15

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  "word": "cyanide"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.