"sulfide" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sulfide.wav Forms: sulfides [plural], sulphide [alternative, UK]
Etymology: From sulf(ur) + -ide. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sulfur|-ide|alt1=sulf(ur)}} sulf(ur) + -ide Head templates: {{en-noun}} sulfide (plural sulfides)
  1. (American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group. Tags: US Translations (any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group): sulfur [masculine] (Catalan), sulfid [masculine] (Czech), sulfide [neuter] (Dutch), sulfido (Esperanto), sulfidi (Finnish), sulfure [masculine] (French), Sulfid [neuter] (German), szulfid (Hungarian), sulfido (Ido), suilfíd [feminine] (Irish), solfuro [masculine] (Italian), siarczek [masculine] (Polish), sulfeto (Portuguese), sulfură [feminine] (Romanian), сульфи́д (sulʹfíd) [masculine] (Russian), sulfuro [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sulfide-en-noun-FI4Kv77D Categories (other): Chemistry, Sulfur Disambiguation of Sulfur: 73 27 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group': 87 13
  2. (organic chemistry) (organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.
    Sense id: en-sulfide-en-noun-inZnIW0K Categories (other): Organic chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ide, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ide: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: thioether, thiol, mercaptan
Derived forms: allylsulfide, aluminum sulfide, aluminium sulphide, antimony sulfide, antimony sulphide, arsenic sulfide, arsenio-sulfide, arsenio-sulphide, arseno-sulfide, arseno-sulphide, barium sulfide, barium sulphide, bisulfide, bisulphide, cadmic sulfide, cadmic sulphide, cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide, calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide, carbon sulfide, carbon sulphide, carbonylsulfide, carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide, copper sulfide, copper sulphide, cupric sulfide, cupric sulphide, cuprous sulfide, cuprous sulphide, decasulfide, dichlorodiethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, disulfide, disulphide, episulfide, ferric sulfide, ferric sulphide, ferrosulfide, ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide, heptasulfide, heptasulphide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulphide, hydrosulfide, hydrosulphide, iodosulfide, iodosulphide, iron sulfide, iron sulphide, lead sulfide, lead sulphide, lithium sulfide, lithium sulphide, magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide, mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide, mercurous sulfide, mercurous sulphide, mercury sulfide, mercury sulphide, molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum sulphide, monosulfide, nickel sulfide, nickel sulphide, nonasulfide, oligosulfide, organosulfide, oxysulfide, oxysulphide, pentasulfide, pentasulphide, persulfide, phosphine sulfide, plumbous sulfide, plumbous sulphide, polyphenylene sulfide, polysulfide, polysulphide, protosulfide, selenium sulfide, selenium sulphide, selenosulfide, selenylsulfide, sesquisulfide, sesquisulphide, silver sulfide, silver sulphide, sodium sulfide, sodium sulphide, stannic sulfide, stannic sulphide, subsulfide, sulfidation, sulphidation, sulfided, sulfide of antimony, sulphide of antimony, sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic, sulfide of carbon, sulphide of carbon, sulfide of hydrogen, sulphide of hydrogen, sulfidic, sulphidic, sulfiding, sulphiding, sulfidogenic, tellurium sulfide, tellurium sulphide, tetrasulfide, thallium sulfide, thallium sulphide, thiosulfide, thiosulphide, trisulfide, tungsten sulfide, tungsten sulphide, undecasulfide, vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide, vanadous sulfide, vanadous sulphide, zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "allylsulfide"
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    {
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      "word": "aluminum sulfide"
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    {
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      "word": "antimony sulfide"
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      "word": "arsenic sulfide"
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      "word": "cadmic sulfide"
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      "word": "cadmium sulfide"
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      "word": "calcium sulfide"
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      "word": "iron sulfide"
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      "word": "lead sulfide"
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      "word": "lithium sulfide"
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      "word": "molybdenum sulfide"
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      "word": "monosulfide"
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      "word": "nickel sulfide"
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      "word": "nickel sulphide"
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      "word": "nonasulfide"
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      "word": "oligosulfide"
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      "word": "phosphine sulfide"
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      "word": "plumbous sulfide"
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      "word": "polyphenylene sulfide"
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      "word": "protosulfide"
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      "word": "selenium sulfide"
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      "word": "selenium sulphide"
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      "word": "selenosulfide"
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      "word": "selenylsulfide"
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      "word": "silver sulfide"
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      "word": "sodium sulfide"
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      "word": "stannic sulfide"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stannic sulphide"
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      "word": "subsulfide"
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      "word": "sulfide of antimony"
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      "word": "sulphide of antimony"
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    {
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      "word": "sulfide of arsenic"
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      "word": "sulphide of arsenic"
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      "word": "sulfide of carbon"
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      "word": "tellurium sulfide"
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