peroxide

See also: Peroxide

English

Etymology

From per- +‎ oxide.

Noun

peroxide (countable and uncountable, plural peroxides)

(inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group which yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
Hydrogen peroxide, especially when in an aqueous solution used as a bleach.
(organic chemistry) Any compound containing the functional group R-O-O-R'.

Derived terms

acetone peroxide
benzole peroxide
calcium peroxide
hydrogen peroxide
magnesium peroxide
peroxidase
peroxide blonde
peroxide process
plumbic peroxide
potassium peroxide
sodium peroxide
terbium peroxide

Related terms

peroxidase

Translations

chemical compound with two oxygen atoms

Bulgarian: прекис (bg) m (prekis)
Catalan: peròxid m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過氧化物／过氧化物 (zh) (guòyǎnghuàwù)
Czech: peroxid (cs) m
Dutch: peroxide (nl) n
Finnish: peroksidi (fi)
French: peroxyde (fr) m
Georgian: ზეჟანგი (zežangi), პეროქსიდი (ṗeroksidi)
German: Peroxid (de) n
Hungarian: peroxid
Icelandic: peroxíð n
Italian: perossido (it) m
Japanese: 過酸化物 (かさんかぶつ, kasankabutsu)
Khmer: ពែអុកស៊ីត (pɛɛʼoksiit)
Polish: nadtlenek m
Portuguese: peróxido m
Russian: пе́рекись (ru) f (pérekisʹ), перокси́д (ru) m (peroksíd)
Spanish: peróxido m

hydrogen peroxide — see hydrogen peroxide

Verb

peroxide (third-person singular simple present peroxides, present participle peroxiding, simple past and past participle peroxided)

(transitive) To treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: per‧oxi‧de

Noun

peroxide n (plural peroxiden or peroxides)

peroxide

Derived terms

waterstofperoxide