oxide

• oxid, oxyd, oxyde (all rare)

Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. ^[1] By surface analysis, ox- +‎ -ide.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksaɪd/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑksaɪd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔksaɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɒksaɪd

oxide (countable and uncountable, plural oxides)

2. (chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
   • 2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice‎^[1], →ISBN, page 13:

     In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.

   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), pages 156–157:

     In fact, nitric oxide (not to be confused with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas) is one of our primary signalling molecules.

• doxie, ixode, exodi

• oxyde (before 1996)

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oxide n (plural oxiden or oxides)

1. oxide

• oxideren

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.sid/
• Homophones: oxides, oxyde, oxydes

oxide m (plural oxides)

1. Obsolete spelling of oxyde.
   • 1800, Mathurin-Jacques Brisson, Élemens ou principes physio-chymiques, destiné à servir aux Principes de Physique ; à l'usage des écoles centrales, page 47:

     Dans cette combinaison, l’hydrogène de l’ammoniaque se combine avec l’oxigène de l’oxide, et forme de l’eau ; et l’azote se dégage sous forme gaseuse.

     In this combination, the hydrogen of the ammonia combines with the oxygen of the oxide, and forms water; and the nitrogen is released in gaseous form.

• Hyphenation: o‧xi‧de

oxide

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

• IPA^(key): /oɡˈside/ [oɣ̞ˈsi.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: o‧xi‧de

oxide

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