fluoride

See also: Fluoride

English

Etymology

From fluor(ine) +‎ -ide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflʊəˌɹaɪd/, /ˈflɔːˌɹaɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈflʊɚˌaɪd/, /ˈflɔɹˌaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹaɪd

Noun

fluoride (countable and uncountable, plural fluorides)

1. (chemistry) Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example, potassium fluoride.
   • 2000, Lawrie Ryan, Advanced Chemistry for You, Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 54:

     However, too much fluoride produces a mottling effect on teeth. Large doses of fluoride are actually toxic.

2. (chemistry) A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.

Derived terms

• actinium fluoride
• acyl fluoride
• aluminium fluoride
• aluminofluoride
• ammonium fluoride
• antifluoride
• argentous fluoride
• arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
• berkelium fluoride
• beryllium fluoride
• bifluoride
• borofluoride
• cadmium fluoride
• caesium fluoride, cesium fluoride
• calcium fluoride
• chlorine fluoride
• difluoride
• ferric fluoride
• fluoridation
• fluorided
• fluoride stare
• fluoridisation, fluoridization
• fluoridise
• fluoridize
• fluoridosis
• graphite fluoride
• heptafluoride
• hexafluoride
• hydrogen fluoride
• krypton fluoride
• lithium fluoride
• magnesium fluoride
• methyl fluoride
• monofluoride
• nitrosyl fluoride
• nitryl fluoride
• organofluoride
• oxofluoride
• oxyfluoride
• oxygen fluoride
• pentafluoride
• phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
• polyvinyl fluoride
• polyvinylidene fluoride
• potassium fluoride
• potassium zirconium fluoride
• protofluoride
• radiofluoride
• radium fluoride
• radon fluoride
• scandium fluoride
• silicofluoride
• silver fluoride
• sodium aluminium fluoride
• sodium fluoride
• stannofluoride
• sulfonyl fluoride
• sulfuryl fluoride, sulphuryl fluoride
• tetrafluoride
• tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride
• thionyl fluoride
• titanofluoride
• trifluoride
• tungsten fluoride
• uranium hexafluoride
• vinyl fluoride
• yttrium fluoride
• yttrium lithium fluoride
• zircofluoride

 

Translations

fluoride

• Catalan: fluorur m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氟化物 (zh) (fúhuàwù)

• Czech: fluorid (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dhivehi: ފްލޮރައިޑް (floraiḍ)
• Dutch: fluoride (nl) n
• Finnish: fluoridi (fi)
• French: fluorure (fr) f
• German: Fluorid n
• Hindi: तरस्विनिक (tarasvinik)
• Hungarian: fluorid (hu)
• Italian: fluoruro (it) m
• Japanese: フッ化物 (fukka-butsu), 弗化物 (ja) (fukka-butsu)
• Kazakh: фторид (ftorid)
• Kyrgyz: фторид (ftorid)
• Maori: pūkōwhai
• Polish: fluorek (pl) m
• Portuguese: fluoreto (pt) m
• Romanian: fluorură (ro) f
• Russian: фтори́д (ru) m (ftoríd)
• Slovak: fluorid
• Spanish: fluoruro m
• Swahili: floridi
• Telugu: ఫ్లోరైడు (phlōraiḍu)
• Turkish: florür (tr)

Estonian

Noun

fluoride

1. genitive singular of fluor