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inorganic compound

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any compound not containing carbon atoms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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noun

Meaning 2

Any compound containing carbon atoms ionically bound to other atoms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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noun

Meaning 3

any compound that does not contain carbon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

Narrower terms: carbide

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 無機化合物 /无机化合物 (mo4 gei1 faa3 hap6 mat6) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無機化合物 /无机化合物 (wújī huàhéwù) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Czech: anorganická sloučenina — compound without carbon atoms
  • Finnish: epäorgaaninen yhdiste — compound without carbon atoms
  • French: composé inorganique — compound without carbon atoms
  • German: anorganische Verbindung — compound without carbon atoms
  • Greek: ανόργανη ένωση (anórgani énosi) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Hungarian: szervetlen vegyület — compound without carbon atoms
  • Irish: comhdhúil neamhorgánach — compound without carbon atoms
  • Japanese: 無機化合物 (muki kagōbutsu) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Korean: 무기 화합물 (mugi hwahammul) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Manx: co-vunstoo neuorgaanagh — compound without carbon atoms
  • Polish: związek nieorganiczny — compound without carbon atoms
  • Portuguese: composto inorgânico — compound without carbon atoms
  • Romanian: compus anorganic — compound without carbon atoms
  • Russian: неоргани́ческое соедине́ние (neorganíčeskoje sojedinénije) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Russian: неоргани́ческое вещество́ (neorganíčeskoje veščestvó) — compound without carbon atoms
  • Tagalog: dihaying balangkap — compound without carbon atoms
  • Vietnamese: hợp chất vô cơ — compound without carbon atoms
  • Welsh: cyfansoddyn anorganig — compound without carbon atoms