iode

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See also: Iode and iodé

English

Etymology

From French iode.

Noun

iode (countable and uncountable, plural iodes)
(chemistry, obsolete)

  1. Synonym of iodine
    • 1830, Herschel, Stud. Nat. Phil., page 94:
      The general family resemblance between certain groups of bodies, now regarded as elementary, (as…for instance, chloride, iode, and brome).
  2. Synonym of iodide
    • 1826, Henry, Elem. Chem., volume I, page 500:
      All the metals unite with iodine, and form compounds which have been called iodes, iodures, or iodides. The last term is to be preferred, on account of the analogy of the compounds denoted by it with oxides and chlorides.

Further reading

Catalan

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰώδης (iṓdēs, violet-coloured).

Pronunciation

Noun

iode m (uncountable)

  1. iodine

Derived terms

Further reading

French

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iode

Etymology

Coined by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1812: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̓ώδης (iṓdēs, violet-coloured), so named for the colour of its vapour.

Pronunciation

Noun

iode m (uncountable)

  1. iodine (element)

Descendants

  • English: iode, iodine
  • Swedish: jod

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

iode

  1. inflection of iodar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative