dioxide

See also: Dioxide

English

Alternative forms

• dinoxide, dioxid (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Hellenic *dwi-

Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.

Latin di-bor.

English di-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?

Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

French oxygène

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin acidusbor.

French acide

blend

French oxidebor.

English oxide

English dioxide

From di- + oxide.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒksaɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɑksaɪd/
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒksaɪd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɑeˈɔksɑed/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒksaɪd/, [dɑe̯ˈɔ̟ksɑe̯d]
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪɔksaɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɒksaɪd

Noun

dioxide (countable and uncountable, plural dioxides)

1. (chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.

   Synonyms: (archaic) binoxide, (archaic) deutoxide

   • 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 96:

     Discoid lesions and minor subacute involvement may be controlled by freezing with carbon dioxide or a course of atabrine.

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:

     Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.

   • 2013 September–October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 September 2013:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

Derived terms

• americium dioxide
• berkelium dioxide
• calcium dioxide
• carbon dioxide
• carbon dioxide snow
• cerium dioxide
• chlorine dioxide
• chromium dioxide
• curium dioxide
• diazoxide
• germanium dioxide
• hafnium dioxide
• hydrogen dioxide
• lead dioxide
• manganese dioxide
• nitrogen dioxide
• pentacarbon dioxide
• plumbic dioxide
• plutonium dioxide
• ruthenium dioxide
• selenium dioxide
• silicon dioxide
• sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide
• tellurium dioxide
• tetracarbon dioxide
• thiazide
• thorium dioxide
• tin dioxide
• titanium dioxide
• tricarbon dioxide
• uranium dioxide
• vanadium dioxide
• zirconium dioxide

Descendants

• → Swahili: dioksidi

Translations

any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule

• Armenian: երկօքսիդ (erkōkʻsid)
• Catalan: diòxid (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 二氧化物 (ji⁶ joeng⁵ faa³ mat⁶)

  Mandarin: 二氧化物 (zh) (èryǎnghuàwù)

• Dutch: dioxide (nl) n
• Esperanto: dioksido
• Estonian: dioksiid
• Finnish: dioksidi (fi)
• French: dioxyde (fr) m
• Georgian: ორჟანგი (oržangi)
• German: Dioxid (de) n
• Greek: διοξείδιο (el) n (dioxeídio)
• Hungarian: dioxid (hu)
• Ido: dioxido (io)
• Indonesian: dioksida (id)
• Irish: dé-ocsaíd f
• Italian: diossido (it) m, biossido (it) m
• Japanese: 二酸化物 (ja) (にさんかぶつ, nisankabutsu)
• Korean: 이산화물 (isanhwamul)
• Latvian: dioksīds m
• Malay: dioksida (ms)
• Polish: dwutlenek (pl) m
• Portuguese: bióxido m
• Romanian: bioxid (ro) m, dioxid (ro) m
• Russian: диокси́д (ru) m (dioksíd), двуо́кись (ru) f (dvuókisʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-ocsaid f
• Spanish: dióxido (es)
• Swahili: dioksidi
• Swedish: dioxid (sv) c

Dutch

Alternative forms

• dioxyde (before 1996)

Etymology

Borrowed as an internationalism. Equivalent to di- +‎ oxide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.ɔkˈsi.də/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: di‧oxi‧de
• Rhymes: -idə

Noun

dioxide n (plural dioxides or dioxiden, no diminutive)

1. dioxide

Derived terms

• koolstofdioxide
• zwaveldioxide

See also

• dizuurstof