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covalent

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • kōvā'lənt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈveɪ.lənt/
  • General-American: /koʊˈveɪ.lənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /kəʉˈvæɪ.lənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW0 V AA1 L AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or characterized by covalence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • covalent bond

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English valent English covalent From co- + valent.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: covalent — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 共價的 /共价的 — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 共價的 /共价的 (gòngjià de) — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Czech: kovalentní — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Dutch: covalent — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Esperanto: kovalenta — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Finnish: kovalenttinen — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Greek: ομοιοπολικός (omoiopolikós) — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Hungarian: kovalens — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Italian: covalente — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Latin: covalēns — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Latin: convalēns — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kovalent — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kovalent — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Persian: کووالانت (kovâlânt) — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Polish: kowalencyjny — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Portuguese: covalente — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Russian: ковалентный (kovalentnyj) — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Spanish: covalente — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Swedish: kovalent — containing or characterized by a covalent bond
  • Welsh: cofalent — containing or characterized by a covalent bond