Phrase guide

sodium chloride

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: table salt, salt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:NaCl, muriate of soda, table salt, salt

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common salt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: binary compound

Narrower terms: halite, rock salt

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُلُورِيد الصُودِيُوم (kulūrīd aṣ-ṣūdiyūm) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Armenian: նատրիումի քլորիդ (natriumi kʻlorid) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Asturian: cloruru de sodiu — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Avar: натриялъул хлорид (natrijalsul xlorid) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Azerbaijani: natrium xlorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Basque: sodio kloruro — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Bengali: সোডিয়াম ক্লোরাইড (śōḍiẏam klōraiḍ) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Central Bikol: sodium chloride — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Bulgarian: на́триев хлори́д (nátriev hloríd) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Catalan: clorur de sodi — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氯化鈉 /氯化钠 (luk6 faa3 naap6) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氯化鈉 /氯化钠 (lǜhuànà) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Czech: chlorid sodný — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Danish: natriumchlorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Danish: køkkensalt — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Dutch: natriumchloride — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Esperanto: natria klorido — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Estonian: naatriumkloriid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Estonian: keedusool — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Finnish: natriumkloridi — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • French: chlorure de sodium — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Galician: cloruro de sodio — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Georgian: ნატრიუმის ქლორიდი (naṭriumis kloridi) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • German: Natriumchlorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Greek: χλωριούχο νάτριο (chlorioúcho nátrio) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Hindi: सोडियम क्लोराइड (soḍiyam klorāiḍ) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Hungarian: nátrium-klorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Icelandic: natríumklóríð — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Indonesian: natrium klorida — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Irish: clóiríd sóidiam — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Italian: cloruro di sodio — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Japanese: 塩化ナトリウム (enka-natoriumu) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Japanese: 食塩 (shokuen) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Kazakh: натрий хлориді (natrii xloridı) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Korean: 염화(鹽化) 나트륨 (yeomhwa nateuryum) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Korean: 식염 (sigyeom) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Kyrgyz: натрий хлориди (natriy hloridi) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Latvian: nātrija hlorīds — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Lithuanian: natrio chloridas — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Malay: natrium klorida — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Malayalam: സോഡിയം ക്ലോറൈഡ് (sōḍiyaṁ klōṟaiḍŭ) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Malayalam: ഉപ്പ് (uppŭ) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Malayalam: കറിയുപ്പ് (kaṟiyuppŭ) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: natriumklorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: natriumklorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Persian: سدیم کلرید — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Polish: chlorek sodu — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Portuguese: cloreto de sódio — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Punjabi: ਸੋਡੀਅਮ ਕਲੋਰਾਈਡ (soḍīama kalorāīḍa) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Romanian: clorură de sodiu — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Russian: хлори́д на́трия (xloríd nátrija) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Serbo-Croatian: natrijev klorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Sicilian: cloruru di sodiu — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Slovak: chlorid sodný — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Slovene: natrijev klorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Spanish: cloruro de sodio — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Swedish: natriumklorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Swedish: koksalt — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Tagalog: sodyum klorad — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Tamil: சோடியம் குளோரைடு (cōṭiyam kuḷōraiṭu) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Telugu: సోడియం క్లోరైడు (sōḍiyaṁ klōraiḍu) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Thai: โซเดียมคลอไรด์ — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Turkish: sodyum klorür — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Ukrainian: хлорид натрію (xloryd natriju) — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Urdu: سوڈیم کلورائڈ — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Uzbek: natriy xlorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • Welsh: sodiwm clorid — chemical term for table salt; NaCl