amide

amide

See also: Amide, -amide, and amidé

English

Etymology

From ammonia +‎ -ide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.maɪd/, /ˈeɪ.maɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.maɪd/, /ˈæ.mɪd/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

amide (plural amides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH^- or R₂N^-)

Derived terms

• amide hydrazone
• dansyl amide
• lithium amide
• lysergic acid amide
• potassium amide
• sodium amide

 

Translations

organic chemistry: derivative of an oxoacid

Bulgarian: амид (amid) Catalan: amida (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 酰胺 (zh) (xiān'àn) Danish: amid n Finnish: amidi (fi) French: amide (fr) m German: Amid (de) n Hungarian: amid (hu) Irish: aimíd f Italian: ammide (it) f Japanese: アミド (amido) Kazakh: амид (amid) Khmer: អាមីដ (ʼaamiit) Maori: amiti Norwegian: Bokmål: amid n Nynorsk: amid n Persian: آمید‎ (fa) (âmid) Polish: amid (pl) m Portuguese: amida f Romanian: amidă (ro) f Russian: ами́д (ru) m (amíd) Spanish: amida f

ionic derivative of ammonia

Bulgarian: амид (amid) Danish: amid n French: amidure (fr) m German: Amid (de) n Italian: ammoniuro m Japanese: アミド (amido) Norwegian: Bokmål: amid n Nynorsk: amid n Portuguese: amida f Russian: ами́д (ru) m (amíd) Spanish: amida f

See also

• imide

Anagrams

• Maedi, Media, aimed, maide, media

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French

Etymology

From am(moniac) +‎ -ide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mid/

• Audio

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Noun

amide m (plural amides)

1. (organic chemistry) amide

Further reading

• “amide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.de/, /ˈa.mi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide, -amide
• Hyphenation: a‧mì‧de, à‧mi‧de

Noun

amide f

1. plural of amida