iode

See also: Iode and iodé

English

Etymology

From French iode.

Noun

iode (countable and uncountable, plural iodes)
(chemistry, obsolete)

1. Synonym of iodine
   • 1830, Herschel, Stud. Nat. Phil., page 94:

     The general family resemblance between certain groups of bodies, now regarded as elementary, (as…for instance, chloride, iode, and brome).

2. Synonym of iodide
   • 1826, Henry, Elem. Chem., volume I, page 500:

     All the metals unite with iodine, and form compounds which have been called iodes, iodures, or iodides. The last term is to be preferred, on account of the analogy of the compounds denoted by it with oxides and chlorides.

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “† Iode.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 470, column 2.

Catalan

Chemical element
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰώδης (iṓdēs, “violet-coloured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈjɔ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈjɔ.ðe]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

iode m (uncountable)

1. iodine

Derived terms

• iodar
• iodur

Further reading

• “iode” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “iode”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “iode” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “iode” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

iode

Etymology

Coined by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1812: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̓ώδης (iṓdēs, “violet-coloured”), so named for the colour of its vapour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔd/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: yod

Noun

iode m (uncountable)

1. iodine (element)

Descendants

• → English: iode, iodine
• → Swedish: jod

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

iode

1. inflection of iodar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative