bromide

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From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess. Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the metaphor of pacifying or placating.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: bromur — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Chinese Mandarin: 溴化物 (xiùhuàwù) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Czech: bromid — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Dutch: bromide — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Finnish: bromidi — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• French: bromure — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• German: Bromid — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Hindi: दुराघ्रेय (durāghrey) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Hungarian: bromid — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Indonesian: bromida — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Italian: bromuro — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Japanese: 臭化物 (shūkabutsu) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Kazakh: бромид (bromid) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Kyrgyz: бромид (bromid) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Marathi: बोमाईड (bomāīḍ) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Marathi: बोमाइड (bomāiḍ) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Norwegian: bromid — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Polish: bromek — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Portuguese: brometo — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Romanian: bromură — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Russian: броми́д (bromíd) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Scottish Gaelic: bròimid — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Spanish: bromuro — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Swedish: bromid — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Telugu: బ్రోమైడు (brōmaiḍu) — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Turkish: bromür — chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element
• Czech: bróm — dose of bromide taken as a sedative
• Dutch: bromide — dose of bromide taken as a sedative
• Russian: бром (brom) — dose of bromide taken as a sedative
• Czech: suchar — dull person with conventional thoughts
• Finnish: tylsimys — dull person with conventional thoughts
• Spanish: pelmazo — dull person with conventional thoughts