arsenic

See also: arsènic and arsénic

English

Alternative forms

• arsenick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arsenik, borrowed from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka- (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. More at yellow.

Chemical element
As
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Next: selenium (Se)

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).sə.nɪk/
• (US) enPR: ärʹsən-ĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹsənɪk/

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Adjective

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛnɪk/

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• (US) enPR: är-sĕnʹĭk, IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈsɛnɪk/

Noun

arsenic (countable and uncountable, plural arsenics)

2. A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. Arsenic trioxide.

Derived terms

• antimonial arsenic
• armangite
• arsane
• arsanilic
• arsenate
• arsenene
• arsenetted
• arsenian
• arseniate
• arseniated
• arsenicane
• arsenicate
• arsenicated
• arsenic bloom
• arsenic diiodide
• arsenic dioxide
• arsenic diphosphide
• arsenic disulfide, arsenic disulphide
• arsenic glass
• arsenic hemiselenide
• arsenicised, arsenicized
• arsenicism
• arsenicite
• arsenicize
• arsenic monophosphide
• arsenic monoxide
• arsenic monoxide monochloride
• arsenicophagy
• arsenic oxybromide
• arsenic oxychloride
• arsenic pentachloride
• arsenic pentafluoride
• arsenic pentaoxide
• arsenic pentaselenide
• arsenic pentasulfide
• arsenic pentoxide
• arsenic sesquioxide
• arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
• arsenic tetraoxide
• arsenic tetrasulfide
• arsenic tribromide
• arsenic trichloride
• arsenic trifluoride
• arsenic trihydride
• arsenic triiodide
• arsenic trioxide
• arsenic triphosphide
• arsenic triselenide
• arsenic trisulfide
• arsenic trisulphide
• arsenide
• arseniferous
• arsenious
• arsenite
• arseniuret
• arseno-
• arsenoan
• arsenous
• arsine
• arsole
• arsonium
• butter of arsenic
• diarsenic
• flowers of arsenic
• iridarsenite
• iron arsenic sulfide
• melarsoprol
• native arsenic
• nickel arsenic sulfide
• organoarsenic
• pentaarsenic
• platarsite
• radioarsenic
• red arsenic
• sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic
• tetraarsenic
• triarsenic
• trihydride of arsenic
• white arsenic
• white arsenic oxide
• yellow arsenic

 

Related terms

• arsenical
• arsenicosis
• arsenicum album
• arsenous
• arsphenamine
• neoarsphenamine, neosalvarsan
• sulfarsin, sulpharsin

 

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: arseen (af)
• Albanian: rëzëgojë ?
• Arabic: زِرْنِيخ m (zirnīḵ)
• Armenian: արսեն (hy) (arsen), մկնդեղ (hy) (mkndeġ), զառիկ (hy) (zaṙik)
• Asturian: arsénicu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: arsen (az)
• Basque: artseniko (eu)
• Belarusian: мыш'я́к m (myšʺják)
• Bengali: আর্সেনিক (arśenik)
• Breton: arsenik m
• Bulgarian: арсе́н (bg) m (arsén)
• Burmese: စိန်ဖြူ (my) (cinhpru), စိန် (my) (cin)
• Catalan: arsènic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砷 (zh) (shēn), 砒 (zh) (pī)

• Cornish: arsenyk ?
• Czech: arzen (cs) m
• Danish: arsen (da) n
• Dutch: arseen (nl) n, arsenicum (nl) n
• Esperanto: arseno (eo)
• Estonian: arseen (et)
• Faroese: arsenikk n
• Finnish: arseeni (fi)
• French: arsenic (fr) m
• Friulian: arsenic ?
• Galician: arsénico (gl) m
• Georgian: დარიშხანი (darišxani)
• German: Arsen (de) n
• Greek: αρσενικό (el) n (arsenikó)
• Hebrew: אַרְסֶן (he) m (arsan)
• Hindi: नैपाली (hi) f (naipālī), आर्सेनिक m (ārsenik), हरताल (hi) f (hartāl)
• Hungarian: arzén (hu)
• Icelandic: arsen (is) n
• Ilocano: basikut
• Interlingua: arsenico
• Irish: airsnic f, arsnaig f, arsanaic (ga) f
• Italian: arsenico (it) m
• Japanese: ヒ素 (ja) (ひそ, hiso), 砒素 (ja) (ひそ, hiso)
• Kashubian: arszelnik ?
• Kazakh: күшән (kk) (küşän)
• Khmer: អាសេនិក (ʼaaseenɨk)
• Korean: 비소(砒素) (ko) (biso)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دارو (daru)

• Kyrgyz: мышьяк (mışyak)
• Lao: ສານຫມູ (sān mū), ສານໜູ (sān nū)
• Latin: arsenicum (la) n
• Latvian: arsēns ?
• Lingala: aseni class 9a/10a
• Lithuanian: arsenas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Arsen ?
• Macedonian: арсен m (arsen)
• Malay: arsenik, arsen
• Maltese: arseniku m
• Manx: arsnick m
• Mongolian: хүнцэл (mn) (xüncel)
• Norman: arsénîn m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arsen (no) n

  Nynorsk: arsen (nn) n

• Occitan: arsenic (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: صیچان اوتی (sıçan otu)
• Persian: آرسنیک (ârsenik), زرنیخ (fa) (zarnix), زرنیک (zarnik), زرنی (zarni)
• Polish: arsen (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: arsênio (pt) m

  European: arsénio (pt) m

• Punjabi: ਸੰਖੀਆ (pa) m (saṅkhīā), ਅਰਸਨਿਕ m (arasnik)
• Romanian: arsen (ro) n
• Russian: мышья́к (ru) m (myšʹják), арсе́никум m (arsénikum)
• Scottish Gaelic: arsnaig f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀рсе̄н m

  Roman: àrsēn (sh) m

• Slovak: arzén (sk) m
• Slovene: arzen (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: arsen m

  Upper Sorbian: arsen m

• Spanish: arsénico (es) m
• Swahili: asenia
• Swedish: arsenik (sv) c
• Tagalog: basikut
• Tajik: арсен (arsen)
• Tamil: பாசாணம் (pācāṇam), பிறாக்காண்டம் (piṟākkāṇṭam), அரசன் (ta) (aracaṉ)
• Thai: สารหนู (th) (sǎan-nǔu), อาร์เซนิก (aa-see-nìk)
• Tibetan: བ་བླ (ba bla)
• Turkish: arsenik (tr)
• Turkmen: myşýak
• Ukrainian: миш'я́к m (myšʺják), арсе́н m (arsén)
• Urdu: نیپالی f (naipālī), آرسینک m (ārsenik)
• Uyghur: ئارسېن (arsën)
• Uzbek: myşyák, margimush (uz)

  Cyrillic: мышьяк (uz)

• Vietnamese: asen (vi)
• Volapük: larsenin (vo)
• Welsh: ársenig m
• West Frisian: arsenikum ?

arsenic trioxide

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砒霜 (zh) (pīshuāng), 信石 (zh) (xìnshí), 紅礬／红矾 (zh) (hóngfán)

• Esperanto: arseniko (eo)
• Finnish: arsenikki (fi), arseenitrioksidi (fi)
• Japanese: 砒霜石 (ひそうせき hisouseki), 砒石 (ja) (hiseki)
• Polish: trójtlenek arsenu m, arszenik (pl) m
• Russian: мышьяко́вистый ангидри́д m (myšʹjakóvistyj angidríd), бе́лый мышья́к m (bélyj myšʹják)
• Spanish: trióxido de arsénico m

Adjective

arsenic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.

Derived terms

• arsenic acid
• arsenic anhydride
• arsenic sulphide
• pyroarsenic
• sulfarsenic acid, sulpharsenic acid
• sulfoarsenic acid, sulphoarsenic acid
• sulphoarsenic

 

Translations

of, or containing arsenic with a valence of 5

• Italian: arsinico (it)
• Manx: arsnagh
• Polish: arsenowy (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: arsênico (pt)

  European: arsénico (pt)

See also

• aqua Tofana
• arsenious
• auri pigmentum
• cobaltite
• erythrite
• Fowler’s solution
• king’s yellow
• Marsh test
• mimetite
• mispickel
• orpiment
• Paris green
• realgar
• red orpiment
• ruby sulfur, ruby sulphur
• thorin

Anagrams

• Cairnes, Racines, Serican, arcsine, carines, carnies, cerasin, sarcine, scarine

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arsenicum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.sə.nik/

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Noun

arsenic m (uncountable)

1. arsenic (chemical element)

Derived terms

• oxyde blanc d’arsenic

Descendants

• Lingala: aseni

Further reading

• “arsenic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cernais, enciras, encrais, racines, ricanes, ricanés

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin arsenicum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

arsenic m (uncountable)

1. arsenic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum.

Noun

arsenic n (uncountable)

1. arsenic

Declension

declension of arsenic (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) arsenic	arsenicul
genitive/dative	(unui) arsenic	arsenicului
vocative	arsenicule