Other definitions for -ide (2 of 2)

-ide

  1. a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds: bromide.

Origin of -ide

2
Extracted from oxide

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use IDE in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for ide (1 of 2)

ide

/ (aɪd) /


noun
  1. another name for the silver orfe: See orfe

Origin of ide

1
C19: from New Latin idus, from Swedish id

British Dictionary definitions for -ide (2 of 2)

-ide

suffix forming nouns
  1. (added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound: sodium chloride

  2. indicating an organic compound derived from another: acetanilide

  1. indicating one of a class of compounds or elements: peptide; lanthanide

Origin of -ide

2
from German -id, from French oxide oxide, based on the suffix of acide acid

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for -ide

-ide

  1. A suffix used to form the names of various chemical compounds, especially the second part of the name of a compound that has two members (such as sodium chloride) or the name of a general type of compound (such as polysaccharide).

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.