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telluride

name · noun · 5 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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  • /ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T EH1 L Y ER0 AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any organic compound of general formula R2Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Sylvanite, silver gold telluride.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

History

Etymology

From telluride.

Etymology tree English tellurium Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English telluride From tellurium + -ide.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: telluridi — binary compound of tellurium
  • French: tellurure — binary compound of tellurium
  • German: Tellurid — binary compound of tellurium
  • Italian: tellururo — binary compound of tellurium
  • Polish: tellurek — binary compound of tellurium
  • Portuguese: telureto — binary compound of tellurium
  • Finnish: telluridi — Tellurium analog of ether
  • Italian: tellururo — Tellurium analog of ether
  • Polish: tellurek — Tellurium analog of ether