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pentachloride

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

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noun

Meaning 1

any chloride containing five chlorine atoms in each molecule

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkwe Proto-Hellenic *pénkwe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English chloride English pentachloride From penta- + chloride.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pentaclorur — pentachloride
  • Dutch: pentachloride — pentachloride
  • Finnish: pentakloridi — pentachloride
  • French: pentaclorure — pentachloride
  • German: Pentachlorid — pentachloride
  • Hungarian: pentaklorid — pentachloride
  • Italian: pentacloruro — pentachloride
  • Māori: pūhaumāota-rima — pentachloride
  • Polish: pentachlorek — pentachloride
  • Portuguese: pentacloreto — pentachloride
  • Romanian: pentaclorură — pentachloride
  • Russian: пентахлорид (pentaxlorid) — pentachloride
  • Serbo-Croatian: pentahlorid — pentachloride
  • Swedish: pentaklorid — pentachloride