fluoride
UK/ˈflʊəˌɹaɪd//ˈflʊɚˌaɪd/
fluoride noun: a binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
Noun
fluoride (countable and uncountable, plural fluorides)
- A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
- Any of certain salts of hydrofluoric acid, such as the simple metallic ones.
- However, too much fluoride produces a mottling effect on teeth. Large doses of fluoride are actually toxic.2000, Lawrie Ryan, Advanced Chemistry for You, Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 54
- The public health practice of adding fluoride to water supplies faces new scrutiny as a few recent reports raise concerns about potential health risks and suggest the benefits may not be as significant as they once were.2024 October 3, Deidre McPhillips, “Fluoride in water prevents some cavities but concern about health risks raises questions about the tradeoffs”, in CNN
- Any of certain salts of hydrofluoric acid, such as the simple metallic ones.
- The anionic form of a fluorine atom.
fluoride meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
fluoride in Hindi
- fluoride
- तरस्विनिक tarasvinik
fluoride in Tamil
- புளோரைட்டு, ஃபுளோரைடு
fluoride in Telugu
- fluoride
- ఫ్లోరైడు phlōraiḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- Dhivehi
- ފްލޮރައިޑް floraiḍ
Examples of fluoride in a sentence
- Whereas hydrogen fluoride is denoted as HF, hydrofluoric acid is denoted as HF(aq).
- The dentist recommended a fluoride toothpaste.
- For example, boric acid is used to demask fluoride complexes of tin (IV) and molybdenum (VI) .
Synonyms of fluoride
Forms of fluoride
| plural | fluorides |
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Origin of fluoride
From fluor(ine) + -ide.
Words formed from fluoride
- actinium fluoride
- acyl fluoride
- aluminium fluoride
- aluminofluoride
- ammonium fluoride
- antifluoride
- argentous fluoride
- arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
- berkelium fluoride
- beryllium fluoride
- bifluoride
- borofluoride
- cadmium fluoride
- caesium fluoride
- cesium fluoride
- calcium fluoride
- chlorine fluoride
- decafluoride
- difluoride
- ferric fluoride
- fluoridation
- fluorided
- fluoride stare
- fluoridisation
- fluoridization
- fluoridise
- fluoridize
- fluoridosis
- graphite fluoride
- heptafluoride
- hexafluoride
- hydrogen fluoride
- krypton fluoride
- lithium fluoride
- magnesium fluoride
- methyl fluoride
- monofluoride
- nitrosyl fluoride
- nitryl fluoride
- nonafluoride
- octafluoride
- organofluoride
- oxofluoride
- oxyfluoride
- oxygen fluoride
- pentafluoride
- phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
- polyvinyl fluoride
- polyvinylidene fluoride
- potassium fluoride
- potassium zirconium fluoride
- protofluoride
- radiofluoride
- radium fluoride
- radon fluoride
- scandium fluoride
- silicofluoride
- silver fluoride
- sodium aluminium fluoride
- sodium fluoride
Phrases with fluoride
Words that rhyme with fluoride
Questions about fluoride
- What does fluoride mean?
- Fluoride means a binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
- What is fluoride in Hindi?
- Fluoride in Hindi is तरस्विनिक (tarasvinik). See Fluoride meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fluoride?
- Fluoride is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fluoride?
- Fluoride is pronounced /ˈflʊəˌɹaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fluoride?
- The plural of fluoride is fluorides.
Words near fluoride in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fluoride (page history and authors); fluoride (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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