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• IDE
  IDE

  abbreviation

  integrated development environment.
• -ide
  -ide

  a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds.
• ide
  ide

  noun

  another name for the silver orfe See orfe
• –ide
  –ide

  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).

IDE

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. integrated development environment.

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-ide ² American  

Or -id

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

   bromide.

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ide ¹ British  

/ aɪd /

noun

1. another name for the silver orfe See orfe

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-ide ² British  

suffix

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

3. indicating one of a class of compounds or elements

   peptide

   lanthanide

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–ide Scientific  

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).

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Etymology

Origin of -ide

Extracted from oxide

Example Sentences

Elemental anionic names are changed to end in -ide.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

Salts formed from hydracids terminate in -ide, following the rule for binary compounds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

A salt derived from a binary acid is given a name consisting of the names of the two elements composing it, with the termination -ide.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William