covalent

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ valent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kōvā'lənt, IPA^(key): /koʊˈveɪlənt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

covalent (comparative more covalent, superlative most covalent)

1. (chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.

Related terms

• covalency / covalence

Translations

containing or characterized by a covalent bond

• Catalan: covalent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共價的／共价的, 共價的／共价的 (gòngjià de)

• Czech: kovalentní
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: covalent (nl)
• Esperanto: kovalenta
• Finnish: kovalenttinen
• Italian: covalente (it)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kovalent

  Nynorsk: kovalent

• Persian: کووالانت (kovālānt)
• Portuguese: covalente
• Russian: ковалентный (ru) (kovalentnyj)
• Spanish: covalente
• Swedish: kovalent (sv)

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

covalent (feminine covalente, masculine plural covalents, feminine plural covalentes)

1. (chemistry) covalent

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From German kovalent.

Adjective

covalent m or n (feminine singular covalentă, masculine plural covalenți, feminine and neuter plural covalente)

1. covalent

Declension

Declension of covalent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	covalent		covalentă	covalenți	covalente
	definite	covalentul		covalenta	covalenții	covalentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	covalent		covalente	covalenți	covalente
	definite	covalentului		covalentei	covalenților	covalentelor