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oxide

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒksaɪd/
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈɑksaɪd/
Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, dialectal: /ˈɒksaɪd/ of the US
Australian: /ˈɔksɑed/
New-Zealand: /ˈɒksaɪd/
New-Zealand: [ˈɔ̟ksɑe̯d]
rhymes with -ɒksaɪd
CMU ARPABET: AA1 K S AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

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: titanium dioxide, titanium oxide, titanic oxide, titania, pentoxide, nitrogen oxide, calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime, copper oxide, dioxide, ferric oxide, monoxide, peroxide, red lead, minium, silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide, sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide, superoxide, tetroxide, trioxide, zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool, zirconium oxide, zirconia, zirconium dioxide

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱéh1yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. By surface analysis, ox- + -ide.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Arabic: أُكْسِيد (ʔuksīd) — binary compound of oxygen
Armenian: օքսիդ (ōkʻsid) — binary compound of oxygen
Belarusian: тленак (tlenak) — binary compound of oxygen
Belarusian: аксыд (aksyd) — binary compound of oxygen
Bulgarian: оксид (oksid) — binary compound of oxygen
Catalan: òxid — binary compound of oxygen
Chinese Cantonese: 氧化物 (joeng5 faa3 mat6) — binary compound of oxygen
Chinese Mandarin: 氧化物 (yǎnghuàwù) — binary compound of oxygen
Czech: oxid — binary compound of oxygen
Czech: kysličník — binary compound of oxygen
Danish: oxid — binary compound of oxygen
Dutch: oxide — binary compound of oxygen
Esperanto: oksido — binary compound of oxygen
Farefare: mi'igiid — binary compound of oxygen
Finnish: oksidi — binary compound of oxygen
French: oxyde — binary compound of oxygen
Friulian: ossit — binary compound of oxygen
German: Oxid — binary compound of oxygen
Greek: οξείδιο (oxeídio) — binary compound of oxygen
Hindi: जारेय (jārey) — binary compound of oxygen
Hindi: ऑक्साइड (ŏksāiḍ) — binary compound of oxygen
Hungarian: oxid — binary compound of oxygen
Icelandic: oxíð — binary compound of oxygen
Indonesian: oksida — binary compound of oxygen
Interlingua: oxydo — binary compound of oxygen
Irish: ocsaíd — binary compound of oxygen
Italian: ossido — binary compound of oxygen
Japanese: 酸化物 (sankabutsu) — binary compound of oxygen
Kalmyk: ислт (islt) — binary compound of oxygen
Kannada: ಆಮ್ಲಜನಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ (āmlajanaka saṃyukta) — binary compound of oxygen
Kashubian: oksyd — binary compound of oxygen
Kazakh: тотық (totyq) — binary compound of oxygen
Khmer: អុកស៊ីដ (ʼoksiit) — binary compound of oxygen
Korean: 산화물 (sanhwamul) — binary compound of oxygen
Latvian: oksīds — binary compound of oxygen
Latvian: skāblis — binary compound of oxygen
Malay: oksida — binary compound of oxygen
Māori: ōkai — binary compound of oxygen
Persian: اکسید (oksid) — binary compound of oxygen
Polish: tlenek — binary compound of oxygen
Portuguese: óxido — binary compound of oxygen
Romanian: oxid — binary compound of oxygen
Russian: о́кись (ókisʹ) — binary compound of oxygen
Russian: окси́д (oksíd) — binary compound of oxygen
Kildin-Sami: ма̄лльй (māll’j) — binary compound of oxygen
Scottish Gaelic: ogsaid — binary compound of oxygen
Serbo-Croatian: о̀ксӣд — binary compound of oxygen
Serbo-Croatian: òksīd — binary compound of oxygen
Slovak: kysličník — binary compound of oxygen
Spanish: óxido — binary compound of oxygen
Swahili: oksaidi — binary compound of oxygen
Swedish: oxid — binary compound of oxygen
Tagalog: oksido — binary compound of oxygen
Thai: ออกไซด์ (ɔ́k-saai) — binary compound of oxygen
Turkish: oksit — binary compound of oxygen
Vietnamese: oxyt — binary compound of oxygen
Vietnamese: oxit — binary compound of oxygen
Vietnamese: oc xyt — binary compound of oxygen
Welsh: ocsid — binary compound of oxygen

Word forms

Inflections and variants

oxides — plural
oxid — alternative, obsolete
oxyd — alternative, obsolete
oxyde — alternative, obsolete

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: alkylene oxide, aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide, aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide, amine oxide, aminyl oxide, amitriptylinoxide, antimonic oxide, antimonioso-antimonic oxide, antimonious oxide, antimonous oxide, antimony oxide, arene oxide, argentous oxide, arsenious oxide, arsine oxide, aryloxide, auric oxide, aurous oxide, barium copper oxide, barium oxide, beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide, beryllium oxide, binoxide, bioxide, bismuthic oxide, bismuthous oxide, bismuth oxide, bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide, black oxide, boric oxide, boron oxide, cacodyl oxide, cadmium oxide, calcium oxide, californium oxide, carbonic oxide, carbon oxide, carboxide, carboxidotroph, ceftioxide, ceramic oxide, ceric oxide, cerium oxide, cerous oxide, chloric oxide, chlorine oxide, chlorous oxide, chromic oxide, chromium oxide, chromous oxide, cobaltous oxide, cobalt oxide, copper(II) oxide, copper oxide, cubic zirconium oxide, cupric oxide, cuprous oxide, curium oxide, decaoxide, deuterium oxide, deuteroxide, deutoxide, dihydrogen oxide, dimethylene oxide, dinitrogen oxide, dioxide, dodecaoxide, dysprosium oxide, epoxide, erbium oxide, ethylene oxide, ethyleneoxide, ethyl oxide, europium oxide, ferric oxide, ferroso-ferric oxide, ferrous oxide, fluorine oxide, furanoxide, heptaoxide, heptoxide, hexadecaoxide, hexaoxide, hexoxide, holmium oxide, hydric oxide, hydrogen oxide, hydronitroxide, hydroxide, hyperoxide, hypochlorous oxide, imipraminoxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide, iridic oxide, iridious oxide, iridium oxide, iron(II, III) oxide, iron(III) oxide, iron(II) oxide, iron oxide, isopropoxide, lanthanum oxide, lead oxide, lean nitrogen oxide trap, lithium oxide, lithium titanate oxide battery, lutetium oxide, magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, manganese oxide, manganomanganic oxide, mercuric oxide, mercurous oxide, mercury oxide, mesityl oxide, methylene oxide, minoxidil, mixed oxide, molybdenum oxide, monoxide, niobic oxide, niobous oxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen oxide, nitrous oxide, nonaoxide, octaoxide, octoxide, osmic oxide, oxic, oxidability, oxidane, oxidation, oxidative, oxidic, oxidimetry, oxidise, oxidize, oxidoreduction, palladic oxide, palladious oxide, pentabromodiphenyl oxide, pentadecaoxide, pentoxide, peroxide, Persian Gulf oxide, phosphine oxide, platinic oxide, platinous oxide, plumbic oxide, polyethylene oxide, polyoxide, polyphenylene oxide, potassium oxide, propylene oxide, protoxide, quadroxide, radium oxide, red iron oxide, red manganese oxide, red oxide, rhodic oxide, rhodous oxide, rubidium oxide, ruthenium oxide, samarium oxide, scandium oxide, selenium oxide, sesquioxide, silicon oxide, silver oxide, sodium oxide, stannic oxide, stannous oxide, strontium oxide, styrene oxide, suboxide, sulfuric oxide, sulphuric oxide, sulfurous oxide, sulphurous oxide, sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide, superoxide, tantalic oxide, tantalous oxide, tantalum oxide, telluric oxide, tellurous oxide, terbium oxide, teroxide, tetradecaoxide, tetraoxide, tetroxide, thallic oxide, thallious oxide, thallium oxide, thiazide, thorium oxide, thulium oxide, tin oxide, titanic oxide, titanium oxide, titanous oxide, tributyltin oxide, tridecaoxide, trioxide, tritium oxide, tritoxide, tungsten oxide, tungstic oxide, tungstous oxide, undecaoxide, uranic oxide, uranium oxide, uranoso-uranic oxide, uranous oxide, uranyl oxide, vanadic oxide, vanadous oxide, vanoxite, white arsenic oxide, ytterbium oxide, yttrium barium copper oxide, yttrium oxide, zincic oxide, zinc oxide, zirconic oxide, zirconium oxide

Related: oxidable, oxidant, oxidase, oxidate, oxidoreductase, oxidize, oxidise

Semantic map

Other relationships

Hypernyms: compound, chemical compound

Hyponyms: titanium dioxide, titanium oxide, titanic oxide, titania, pentoxide, nitrogen oxide, calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime, copper oxide, dioxide, ferric oxide, monoxide, peroxide, red lead, minium, silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide, sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide, superoxide, tetroxide, trioxide, zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool, zirconium oxide, zirconia, zirconium dioxide

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