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telluride

/ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
tel-luride
IPA
/ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane

Countable

noun

Any organic compound of general formula R₂Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers

Countable

noun

Sylvanite, silver gold telluride.

Uncountable

name

A town, the county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-der.? Latin tellūs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin telluriumbor. English tellurium English -ide English telluride From tellurium + -ide.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tellurides (plural)

Derived Forms

ditelluride monotelluride oxytelluride pentatelluride sulfotelluride sulphotelluride tetratelluride tritelluride

Phrases

bismuth telluride black telluride cadmium telluride cadmium zinc telluride dimethyl telluride ethyl telluride germanium antimony telluride gold telluride

Questions

How do you pronounce telluride?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/.
What does telluride mean?
A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane
Where does telluride come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-der.? Latin tellūs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin telluriumbor. English tellurium English -ide English telluride From tellurium + -ide.

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