cyanide
/ˈsaɪənaɪd/
cyanide noun: any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN⁻ anion.
Noun
cyanide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanides)
- Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN⁻ anion.
- Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison.
- The birdies all try an' hide / But they still go for peanuts / When coated with cyanide1959, Tom Lehrer, “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”
- Two doctors and a metallurgist from Scotland patented a process for dissolving gold with cyanide in 1887 and patented the recovery of gold from solution using finely divided zinc (zinc precipitation) the following year. […]
- The first commercial processing plant to use cyanide in the milling circuit was constructed at the Crown mine at Karangahake, New Zealand in 1889.1988 July, Michael A. Silva, “Cyanide Heap Leaching in California”, in California Geology, volume 41, number 7, page 147
- Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas.
Verb
cyanide (third-person singular simple present cyanides, present participle cyaniding, simple past and past participle cyanided)
cyanide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cyanide in Hindi
- chemistry: any compound containing the CN group
- श्यामिद śyāmid
cyanide in Tamil
- சயனைட் நச்சுப் பொருள், சயனைட்டு, சயனைடு, சையனைடு, தழைமக்கரிமம், மின்முலாம் பூசுவதிலும்
cyanide in Marathi
- सायनाइड, सायनाईड
cyanide in Urdu
- سائنایڈ, سائانیڈ, سینائیڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- cyanide in Bengali
- সোডিয়াম, পটাশিয়াম সায়ানাইড, হাইড্রোজেন সায়ানাইড, বা সায়ানাইড গ্যাস
- cyanide in Telugu
- సైనైడ్, సయనైడ్
- cyanide in Malayalam
- സയനൈഡ്, സൈനൈഡ്, സയനൈഡിലേക്ക്
- cyanide in Kannada
- ಅತಿ ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣವಾದ ಒಂದು ವಿಷ, ಒಂದು ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ವಿಷ, ಪ್ರಾಣತೆಗೆಯುವ ಒಂದು ವಿಷದ್ರವ್ಯ
- cyanide in Punjabi
- ਸਾਇਨਾਈਡ, ਸਾਇਨਾਇਡ
- cyanide in Gujarati
- સાયનાઇડ, સાઇનાઇડ, સાયેનાઇડ
- cyanide in Odia
- ସାଯ଼ାନାଇଡ୍, ସାଇନାଇଡ୍, ସାଯ଼ାନାଇଡ
- cyanide in Nepali
- साइनाइड, साइनाइडलाई
- cyanide in Tagalog
- siyanuro
- cyanide in Indonesian
- sianida
- cyanide in Persian
- سیانور siyânur
- cyanide in Thai
- ไซยาไนด์ sai-yaa-nai
Forms of cyanide
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cyanides |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cyanides |
| present participle | cyaniding |
| past participle | cyanided |
| past | cyanided |
Origin of cyanide
From cyan- + -ide.
Words formed from cyanide
- aurocyanide
- benzyl cyanide
- bicyanide
- bromobenzyl cyanide
- carbonyl cyanide
- cyanidation
- cyanide fishing
- cyanide process
- cyanidol
- dicyanide
- ferricyanide
- ferrocyanide
- hydrocyanide
- isocyanide
- leucocyanide
- methyl cyanide
- platinocyanide
- potassium silver cyanide
- protocyanide
- selenocyanide
- silver cyanide
- thiocyanide
- tricyanide
- vinyl cyanide
Phrases with cyanide
Words that rhyme with cyanide
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about cyanide
- What does cyanide mean?
- Cyanide means any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN⁻ anion.
- What is cyanide in Hindi?
- Cyanide in Hindi is श्यामिद (śyāmid). See Cyanide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cyanide?
- Cyanide can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cyanide?
- Cyanide is pronounced /ˈsaɪənaɪd/.
- What is the plural of cyanide?
- The plural of cyanide is cyanides.
Words near cyanide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cyanide (page history and authors); cyanide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cyanide (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cyanide (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cyanide (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyanide (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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