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hydride

noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhaɪdɹaɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 D R AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: binary compound

Narrower terms: hydrazoic acid, azoimide, hydrogen azide, HN, calcium hydride, hydrolith, sodium hydride

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English hydride From hydro- + -ide.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: hidruru — compound of hydrogen
  • Catalan: hidrur — compound of hydrogen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氫化物 /氢化物 (qīnghuàwù) — compound of hydrogen
  • Dutch: hydride — compound of hydrogen
  • Esperanto: hidrido — compound of hydrogen
  • Finnish: hydridi — compound of hydrogen
  • French: hydrure — compound of hydrogen
  • Galician: hidruro — compound of hydrogen
  • German: Hydrid — compound of hydrogen
  • Hindi: उदजारेय (udjārey) — compound of hydrogen
  • Icelandic: hýdríð — compound of hydrogen
  • Irish: hidríd — compound of hydrogen
  • Italian: idruro — compound of hydrogen
  • Japanese: 水素化物 (suiso kabutsu) — compound of hydrogen
  • Kazakh: гидрид (gidrid) — compound of hydrogen
  • Korean: 수소화물 (susohwamul) — compound of hydrogen
  • Macedonian: хидрид (hidrid) — compound of hydrogen
  • Portuguese: hidreto — compound of hydrogen
  • Russian: гидри́д (gidríd) — compound of hydrogen
  • Russian: водоро́дное соедине́ние (vodoródnoje sojedinénije) — compound of hydrogen
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝдрӣд — compound of hydrogen
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìdrīd — compound of hydrogen
  • Spanish: hidruro — compound of hydrogen