monoxide

See also: Monoxide

English

Etymology

Formed as mon- +‎ oxide; compare the earlier dioxide, pentoxide, and tetroxide.

Noun

monoxide (plural monoxides)

1. (chemistry) any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit

Derived terms

Terms derived from monoxide

• bromine monoxide
• carbon monoxide
• dichlorine monoxide
• dihydrogen monoxide

• dinitrogen monoxide
• hydrogen monoxide
• lead monoxide

• nitrogen monoxide
• silicon monoxide
• sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide

Translations

oxide containing a single oxygen atom

• Catalan: monòxid m
• Dutch: monoxide (nl) n
• Finnish: monoksidi (fi)
• French: protoxyde (fr)
• German: Oxydul
• Greek: μονοξείδιο (el) n (monoxeídio)
• Irish: aonocsaíd f

• Italian: monossido m
• Malay: monoksida
• Polish: monotlenek m
• Portuguese: monóxido m
• Romanian: monoxid (ro)
• Russian: моноокси́д (ru) m (monooksíd), одноо́кись (ru) f (odnoókisʹ)
• Spanish: monóxido m

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Noun

monoxide n (plural monoxiden or monoxides)

1. (chemistry) monoxide