cyanide

See also: Cyanide

English

Etymology

cyano- +‎ -ide

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪənaɪd/

Noun

cyanide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanides)

(chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the C≡N^-1 anion.
(uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
(uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas

Derived terms

Translations

chemistry: any compound containing the CN group

Bulgarian: цианид m (cianid)
Catalan: cianur m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 氰化物 (zh) (qínghuàwù)
Czech: kyanid m
Danish: cyanid (da)
Esperanto: cianido
Finnish: syanidi (fi), syaaniyhdiste
French: cyanure (fr) m
German: Zyanid (de) n
Hebrew: ציאניד‎ (he) m (tzianyd)
Hindi: श्यामिद (shyaamid)

Ido: cianido (io)
Italian: cianuro (it) m
Japanese: 青酸塩 (せいさんえん, seisan'en)
Persian: سیانور‎ (fa) (siyânur)
Polish: cyjanek (pl) m
Portuguese: cianeto (pt) m, cianureto m
Romanian: cianura (ro) f
Russian: циани́д (ru) m (cianíd)
Spanish: cianuro (es) m, prusiato (es) m
Swedish: cyanid (sv)
Tagalog: siyanuro
Turkish: siyanür (tr)

potassium cyanide — see potassium cyanide

hydrogen cyanide — see hydrogen cyanide

Verb

cyanide (third-person singular simple present cyanides, present participle cyaniding, simple past and past participle cyanided)

(transitive) To treat or poison with cyanide.

See also

Anagrams

cyaneid

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