amide

See also: Amide, -amide, and amidé

English

Etymology

From ammonia +‎ -ide

Pronunciation

• UK: IPA^(key): /ˈæ.maɪd/ or IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.maɪd/
• US: IPA^(key): /ˈæ.maɪd/ or IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mɪd/

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Noun

amide (plural amides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH^- or R₂N^-)

Translations

organic chemistry: derivative of an oxoacid

• Bulgarian: амид (amid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酰胺 (zh) (xiān'àn)

• Finnish: amidi (fi)
• French: amide (fr) m
• German: Amid (de) n
• Hungarian: amid (hu)
• Irish: aimíd f
• Italian: ammide (it) f
• Japanese: アミド (amido)

• Maori: amiti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amid n

  Nynorsk: amid n

• Polish: amid (pl) m
• Portuguese: amida f
• Romanian: amidă (ro) f
• Russian: ами́д (ru) m (amíd)
• Spanish: amida f

ionic derivative of ammonia

• Bulgarian: амид (amid)
• French: amidure m
• German: Amid (de) n
• Italian: ammoniuro m
• Japanese: アミド (amido)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amid n

  Nynorsk: amid n

• Portuguese: amida f
• Russian: ами́д (ru) m (amíd)
• Spanish: amida f

See also

• imide

Anagrams

• Maedi, Media, aimed, maide, media

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French

Noun

amide m (plural amides)

1. (organic chemistry) amide