bromide

WOTD – 24 April 2009    

English

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Etymology

From brom(ine) + -ide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɹəʊ.maɪd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɹoʊ.maɪd/

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• Hyphenation: bro‧mide

Noun

bromide (plural bromides)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
2. A dose of bromide taken as a sedative.
3. A dull person with conventional thoughts.

   My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.

4. A platitude.

   We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

Synonyms

• (platitude): platitude; see also Wikisaurus:saying

Derived terms

Derived terms

aluminium bromide, aluminum bromide americium bromide ammonium bromide ammonium bromide barium bromide beryllium bromide bismuth bromide bromide developer bromide emulsion bromide of potassium bromide paper bromide print bromide printer bromide printing bromidic cadmium bromide caesium bromide, cesium bromide calcium bromide cerium bromide cerous bromide chlorobromide chromium bromide cobalt bromide copper bromide curium bromide deuterium bromide diazobromide dibromide dysprosium bromide ferric bromide germanium bromide gold bromide hafnium bromide hexabromide hydrobromide hydrogen bromide indium bromide iodine bromide iodobromite

iron bromide lithium bromide lithium bromide-dihydrate manganese bromide manganous bromide mercury bromide monobromide nickel bromide niobium bromide oxybromide pentabromide phosphorous bromide platinum bromide potassium bromide radium bromide rubidium bromide selenium bromide silicon bromide silver bromide sodium bromide stannic bromide strontium bromide strontium bromide-hexahydrate sulfur bromide, sulphur bromide tantalum bromide tellurium bromide tetrabromide thallium bromide tin bromide titanium bromide tribromide tungsten bromide uranous bromide vanadium bromide ytterbium bromide yttrium bromide zinc bromide zirconium bromide

Translations

chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element

• Czech: bromid (cs) m
• Finnish: bromidi (fi)
• French: bromure (fr) m
• German: Bromid (de) n
• Hindi: दुराघ्रेय (hi) (duraaghrey)
• Italian: bromuro (it) m
• Japanese: 臭化物 (ja) (しゅうかぶつ, shūkabutsu)

• Norwegian: bromid (no) n
• Polish: bromek (pl) m
• Russian: бромид (ru) (bromid) m
• Scottish Gaelic: bròimid (gd) f
• Spanish: bromuro (es) m
• Swedish: bromid (sv) c

dose of bromide taken as a sedative

• Czech: bróm (cs) m

dull person with conventional thoughts

• Czech: suchar (cs) m

• Finnish: tylsimys (fi)

platitude — see platitude