arsenic

English

Alternative forms

• arsenick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arsenik, from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Logudorese Sardinian ܙܐܦܢܝܐ (zarnīqā)), from Middle Persian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarnī, “arsenic”)), from Avestan zaranya (“gold”), from zari (“yellow”) (compare Persian زر (zar)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃i. More at yellow.

Chemical element
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Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ).sə.nɪk/, X-SAMPA: /"A:(r\)s@nIk/
• (US) enPR: ärʹsən-ĭk, IPA: /ˈɑɹsənɪk/, X-SAMPA: /"Ars@nIk/

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Adjective

• (UK) IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛnɪk/, X-SAMPA: /A:(r\)"sEnIk/
• (US) enPR: är-sĕnʹĭk, IPA: /ɑɹˈsɛnɪk/, X-SAMPA: /Ar"sEnIk/

Noun

arsenic (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
2. Arsenic trioxide.

Derived terms

Derived terms

antimonial arsenic arsane arsanilic arsenate arsenetted 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 arsenic monophosphide arsenic monoxide arsenic monoxide monochloride arsenicophagy arsenic oxybromide arsenic oxychloride arsenic pentafluoride arsenic pentaoxide arsenic pentaselenide arsenic pentasulfide

arsenic pentoxide arsenic sesquioxide arsenic tetrachloride fluoride arsenic tetraoxide arsenic tetrasulfide arsenic trihydride arsenic tribromide arsenic trichloride arsenic trifluoride arsenic triiodide arsenic trioxide arsenic triphosphide arsenic triselenide arsenide arsenious arsenite arseniuret arseno- arsenous arsine arsonium flowers of arsenic iron arsenic sulfide native arsenic nickel arsenic sulfide red arsenic sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic trihydride of arsenic white arsenic yellow arsenic

Related terms

Related terms

arsenical arsenicosis arsenicum album arsenous

arsphenamine neoarsphenamine, neosalvarsan sulfarsin, sulpharsin

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: arseen (af)
• Albanian: arsenik (sq)
• Arabic: زرنيخ (ar) (zirnīx) m
• Armenian: արսեն (hy) (arsen), մկնդեղ (hy) (mkndeł), զառիկ (hy) (zaṙik)
• Asturian: arsénicu (ast) m
• Basque: artseniko (eu)
• Belarusian: мыш'як (be) (myš'ják) m
• Breton: arsenik m
• Bulgarian: арсен (bg) (arsén) m
• Catalan: arsènic
• Chinese:

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

• Cornish: arsenyk
• Czech: arzen (cs) m
• Danish: arsen (da)
• Dutch: arseen (nl) n, arsenicum (nl) n
• Esperanto: arseno (eo)
• Estonian: arseen (et)
• Faroese: arsenikk (fo)
• Finnish: arseeni (fi)
• French: arsenic (fr) m
• Friulian: arsenic
• Galician: arsénico
• Georgian: დარიშხბანი (ka) (darišxbani)
• German: Arsen (de) n
• Greek: αρσενικό (el) (arsenikó) n
• Hebrew: ארסן (he) (arsan) m
• Hindi: नैपाली (hi) (naipaalee)
• Hungarian: arzén (hu)
• Icelandic: arsen (is)
• Interlingua: arsenico
• Irish: airsnic, arsnaig, arsanaic
• Italian: arsenico (it) m
• Japanese: ヒ素 (ja) (ひそ, hiso), 砒素 (ja) (ひそ, hiso)
• Jèrriais: arsénîn m
• Kashubian: arszelnik
• Kazakh: мышьяк (kk) (myş'yak)

• Khmer: អាសេនិក (km) (aaseenik)
• Korean: 비소 (ko) (biso) (砒素 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دارو (ku)

• Latvian: arsēns
• Lithuanian: arsenas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Arsen
• Macedonian: арсен (mk) (arsen) m
• Malay: arsenik (ms), arsen (ms)
• Maltese: arseniku
• Manx: arsnick
• Mongolian: мышьяк (mn) (myšʹjak)
• Norwegian: arsen (no)
• Persian: آرسنیک (fa) (ârsenik)
• Polish: arsen (pl) m
• Portuguese: arsênio (pt) m
• Romanian: arsen (ro) n
• Russian: мышьяк (ru) (myšʹják) m, арсеникум (ru) (arsénikum) m
• Scottish Gaelic: arsanaic
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арсен (sh) m

  Roman: arsen (sh) m

• Slovak: arzén (sk) m
• Slovene: arzen (sl) m
• Spanish: arsénico (es) m
• Swedish: arsenik (sv) c
• Tajik: мышьяк (tg) (myš'yak), арсен (tg) (arsen)
• Tamil: பாசாணம் (paasaaNam), பிறாக்காண்டம் (piRaakkaaNDam)
• Thai: สารหนู (th) (sānnū)
• Turkish: arsenik (tr)
• Ukrainian: миш'як (uk) (myš'ják) m
• Uzbek: myşyák (uz)

  Cyrillic: мышьяк (uz)

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

arsenic trioxide

• Esperanto: arseniko (eo)
• Finnish: arsenikki (fi), arseenitrioksidi (fi)
• Maltese: tosku

• Polish: trójtlenek arsenu, arszenik m
• Russian: мышьяковистый ангидрид (ru) (myš’jakóvistyj angidríd) m, белый мышьяк (ru) (bélyj myš’ják) m

Adjective

arsenic (not comparable)

1. Of, or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.

Derived terms

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

Translations

of, or containing arsenic with a valence of 5

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

• arcsine
• carnies

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /aʁ.sə.nik/

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Noun

arsenic m (usually uncountable)

1. arsenic

Anagrams

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