iodine

English

Chemical element
I
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Etymology

From French iode + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1814.

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Pronunciation

enPR: ī'ədīn, ī'ədĭn, ī'ədēn, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.əˌdaɪn, -dɪn, -diːn/
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Noun

iodine (usually uncountable, plural iodines)

A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
Synonym: iode (obsolete)
An antiseptic incorporating the element.
Synonym: tincture of iodine
(countable, uncountable, obsolete) An iodide.

Usage notes

Note that the chemical symbol J (not I) is sometimes used in German chemistry texts.

Hypernyms

element
- halogen

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

element

Afrikaans: jood
Albanian: jod (sq)
Arabic: يُود m (yūd)
Armenian: յոդ (hy) (yod)
Asturian: yodu (ast) m
Azerbaijani:
Roman: yod, iod

Abjad: ایود (iyōd)
Basque: iodoa
Belarusian: ёд m (jod)
Breton: iod m
Bulgarian: йод (bg) m (jod)
Catalan: iode (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 碘 (zh) (diǎn)
Cornish: eyodyn
Czech: jód (cs) m
Danish: jod (da)
Dutch: jood (nl) n, jodium (nl) n
Erzya: ёда (joda)
Esperanto: jodo (eo), iodo (eo)
Estonian: jood (et)
Faroese: jod
Finnish: jodi (fi)
French: iode (fr) m
Friulian: jodi
Galician: iodo (gl)
Georgian: იოდი (iodi)
German: Jod (de) n, (chemistry also) Iod (de) n
Greek: ιώδιο (el) n (iódio)
Hausa: aidin m
Hebrew: יוד (he) m (yod)
Hindi: जंबुकी (jambukī)
Hungarian: jód (hu)
Icelandic: joð (is)
Indonesian: yodium (id)
Irish: iaidín
Italian: iodio (it) m
Japanese: ヨウ素 (ja) (ようそ, yōso), 沃素 (ja) (ようそ, yōso), ヨード (ja) (yōdo)
Kashubian: jód
Kazakh: йод (iod)
Korean: 요오드 (ko) (yoodeu), 옥도(沃度) (okdo), 옥소(沃素) (okso), 요오듐 (yoodyum), 아이오딘 (ko) (aiodin)
Kyrgyz: йод (ky) (yod)
Latin: iodium (la)
Latvian: jods (lv) m
Lithuanian: jodas (lt)
Luxembourgish: Iod
Macedonian: јод (mk) m (jod)
Malay: iodin
Maltese: jodju m
Manx: eeadeen
Maori: hautawa
Mari:
Eastern Mari: йод (jod)
Mongolian: йод (jod)
Norwegian: jod (no)
Occitan: iòde m
Persian: ید (fa) (yod)
Polish: jod (pl) m
Portuguese: iodo (pt)
Romanian: iod (ro) n
Russian: йод (ru) m (jod), ио́д (ru) m (iód)
Scottish Gaelic: ìodain
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јо̑д m

Roman: jȏd (sh) m
Skolt Sami: jåått
Slovak: jód (sk) m
Slovene: jod (sl) m
Spanish: yodo (es) m, iodo (es) m
Swedish: jod (sv) c
Tagalog: yodo
Tajik: йод (tg) (yod), иод (iod)
Tamil: அயடின் (ayaṭiṉ)
Thai: ไอโอดีน (th) (ai-oo-diin)
Tok Pisin: aiadin, yot
Turkish: iyot (tr)
Ukrainian: йод m (jod)
Uzbek: yod (uz)
Cyrillic: йод (uz) (yod)
Vietnamese: iot, iốt (vi), iođ
Volapük: yodin (vo)
Welsh: ïodin (cy)
West Frisian: joadium
Yiddish: יאָד m (yod)

antiseptic

Bulgarian: йо́дна тинкту́ра f (jódna tinktúra), йод (bg) m (jod) (colloquial)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 碘酒 (zh) (diǎnjiǔ), 碘酊 (zh) (diǎndǐng)
Dutch: jodium (nl) n, jodiumtinctuur (nl) m
Erzya: ёда (joda)
Finnish: joditinktuura, jodisprii
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Jodtinktur f
Japanese: ヨードチンキ (yōdochinki)
Plautdietsch: Jood n
Polish: jodyna (pl) f
Portuguese: iodo (pt) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: раствор йода m (rastvor joda), ио́д (ru) m (iód)
Tok Pisin: aiadin, yot
Yiddish: יאָד m or f (yod)

Verb

iodine (third-person singular simple present iodines, present participle iodining, simple past and past participle iodined)

(transitive) to treat with iodine.
Synonym: iodinate

Anagrams

Idoine