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bisulfide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bisul-fide
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The anion HS⁻.

noun

(dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide English bisulfide From bi- + sulfide.

Inflected Forms

bisulfides (plural) bisulphide (alternative)

Phrases

carbon bisulfide

Synonyms

sulfanide

Questions

What does bisulfide mean?
The anion HS⁻.
Where does bisulfide come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide English bisulfide From bi- + sulfide.

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