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nitride

noun · verb · 3 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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  • nī'trīd
  • /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: N AY1 T R AY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To subject to the nitriding process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

Narrower terms: magnesium nitride

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English nitr(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nitride From nitr(ogen) + -ide.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нитрид (nitrid) — compound of nitrogen
  • Catalan: nitrur — compound of nitrogen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氮化物 (dànhuàwù) — compound of nitrogen
  • Dutch: nitride — compound of nitrogen
  • Esperanto: nitrido — compound of nitrogen
  • Finnish: nitridi — compound of nitrogen
  • French: nitride — compound of nitrogen
  • German: Nitride — compound of nitrogen
  • Greek: νιτρίδιο (nitrídio) — compound of nitrogen
  • Hindi: भुयातिक (bhuyātik) — compound of nitrogen
  • Hungarian: nitrid — compound of nitrogen
  • Icelandic: nítríð — compound of nitrogen
  • Icelandic: niturherða — compound of nitrogen
  • Ido: nitrido — compound of nitrogen
  • Irish: nítríd — compound of nitrogen
  • Italian: nitruro — compound of nitrogen
  • Japanese: 窒化物 (chikkabutsu) — compound of nitrogen
  • Kazakh: нитрид (nitrid) — compound of nitrogen
  • Kyrgyz: нитрид (nitrid) — compound of nitrogen
  • Polish: azotek — compound of nitrogen
  • Portuguese: nitreto — compound of nitrogen
  • Romanian: nitrură — compound of nitrogen
  • Romanian: azotură — compound of nitrogen
  • Russian: нитри́д (nitríd) — compound of nitrogen
  • Spanish: nitruro — compound of nitrogen
  • Swedish: nitrid — compound of nitrogen
  • Thai: ไนไตรด์ (nai-dtrai) — compound of nitrogen
  • Turkish: nitrür — compound of nitrogen
  • Ukrainian: нітри́д (nitrýd) — compound of nitrogen
  • Vietnamese: nitrit — compound of nitrogen
  • Welsh: nitrid — compound of nitrogen
  • Polish: azotować — Translations