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hydrogen selenide

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

the hydride of selenium, H2Se; it is a toxic, flammable gas, having properties similar to those of hydrogen sulfide

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waterstofselenied — hydride of selenium
  • Arabic: سيلينيد الهيدروجين — hydride of selenium
  • Azerbaijani: سلنید هیدروژن — hydride of selenium
  • Belarusian: селенавадарод (sjeljenavadaród) — hydride of selenium
  • Chinese: 硒化氢 (xīhuàqīng) — hydride of selenium
  • Czech: selenovodík — hydride of selenium
  • Dutch: waterstofselenide — hydride of selenium
  • Finnish: seleenivety — hydride of selenium
  • French: séléniure d'hydrogène — hydride of selenium
  • German: Selenwasserstoff — hydride of selenium
  • Greek: υδροσελήνιο (ydroselínio) — hydride of selenium
  • Hindi: हाइड्रोजन सेलेनाइड (hāiḍrojan selenāiḍ) — hydride of selenium
  • Hungarian: hidrogén-szelenid — hydride of selenium
  • Italian: seleniuro di idrogeno — hydride of selenium
  • Japanese: セレン化水素 — hydride of selenium
  • Korean: 셀레늄화 수소 (sellenyumhwa suso) — hydride of selenium
  • Macedonian: селеноводород (selenovodorod) — hydride of selenium
  • Malay: hidrogen selenida — hydride of selenium
  • Persian: سلنید هیدروژن — hydride of selenium
  • Polish: selenowodór — hydride of selenium
  • Portuguese: seleneto de hidrogênio — hydride of selenium
  • Romanian: acid selenhidric — hydride of selenium
  • Russian: селеноводород (selenovodorod) — hydride of selenium
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodonik selenid — hydride of selenium
  • Slovak: selán — hydride of selenium
  • Spanish: seleniuro de hidrógeno — hydride of selenium
  • Ukrainian: селеноводень (selenovodenʹ) — hydride of selenium
  • Vietnamese: hydro selenide — hydride of selenium