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IDE

1

-ide

2
or -id
  1. a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds:

    bromide.

-ide

1

suffix forming nouns

  1. added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements indicating a binary compound

    sodium chloride

  2. indicating an organic compound derived from another

    acetanilide

  3. indicating one of a class of compounds or elements

    lanthanide

    peptide



ide

2

/ aɪd /

noun

  1. See orfe
    another name for the silver orfe See orfe

–ide

  1. A suffix used to form the names of various chemical compounds, especially the second part of the name of a compound that has two members (such as sodium chloride ) or the name of a general type of compound (such as polysaccharide ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of IDE1

Extracted from oxide

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Word History and Origins

Origin of IDE1

from German -id, from French oxide oxide , based on the suffix of acide acid

Origin of IDE2

C19: from New Latin idus, from Swedish id

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Example Sentences

D'ailleurs j'ai quelque ide moi-mme de faire une course Paris ce printems prochain.

If you will 'ave to do with Prime Ministers you can't 'ide yourself under a bushel.

It is of those who have acceded with Renan "La btise humaine est la seule chose qui donne une ide de l'infini."

We have the sign IGÛ in the colophon where it occurs with ÂU, “water”, a-ide meaning “water of the eye”.

Valv test 6; basis membranacea, sed interdum ad speciem calcarea, ide quod parietes inflectuntur.

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