covalent

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ valent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kōvā'lənt
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈveɪ.lənt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˈveɪ.lənt/

    • Audio (US):

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  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəʉˈvæɪ.lənt/

Adjective

covalent (comparative more covalent, superlative most covalent)

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

Derived terms

• bicovalent
• covalent compound
• covalently
• covalent radius
• ionocovalent
• monocovalent
• noncovalent
• pentacovalent

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
• Greek: ομοιοπολικός (el) (omoiopolikós)
• Hungarian: kovalens (hu)
• Italian: covalente (it)
• Latin: covalēns, convalēns
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kovalent

  Nynorsk: kovalent

• Persian: کووالانت (kovâlânt)
• Polish: kowalencyjny
• Portuguese: covalente
• Russian: ковалентный (ru) (kovalentnyj)
• Spanish: covalente
• Swedish: kovalent (sv)
• Welsh: cofalent

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. "valent" unprefixed seems to be vanishingly rare in nl

Pronunciation

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Adjective

covalent (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) covalent

Declension

Declension of covalent
uninflected	covalent
inflected	covalente
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		covalent
indefinite	m./f. sing.	covalente
	n. sing.	covalent
	plural	covalente
definite		covalente
partitive		covalents

Derived terms

• covalentie

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German kovalent.

Adjective

covalent m or n (feminine singular covalentă, masculine plural covalenți, feminine/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