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oxychloride

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English chloride English oxychloride From oxy- + chloride.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 氯氧化物 (luk6 joeng5 faa3 mat6) — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氯氧化物 (lǜyǎnghuàwù) — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Esperanto: oksiklorido — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Finnish: oksikloridi — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • French: oxychlorure — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • German: oxychlorid — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Hungarian: oxiklorid — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Italian: ossicloruro — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Japanese: 塩化酸化物 (enkasankabutsu) — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Portuguese: oxicloreto — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Russian: оксихлорид (oksixlorid) — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Spanish: oxicloruro — compound of oxygen and chlorine
  • Swedish: oxyklorid — compound of oxygen and chlorine