# chloride
## English
### Etymology

From chlor(ine) +‎ -ide, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: klôʹrīd'; IPA: /ˈklɔːˌɹaɪd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: klôrʹīd'; IPA: /ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/
* Rhymes: -ɔːɹaɪd

### Noun

chloride (plural chlorides)
* (chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
** 1982 February 21, “Wulai: Hot springs resort with treasury of culture”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXII, number 7, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.
** 2008, Edward O. Price, “Maternal and Neonatal Behavior”, in Principles and Applications of Domestic Animal Behavior: An Introductory Text, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Cambridge, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN, page 149:Klopfer and Gamble (1966) gave 16 female goats (C. hircus) 5 min of contact with their young at parturition. Nine of the mothers had been temporarily rendered anosmic (could not smell) at parturition by spraying a 10% cocaine hydrogen chloride solution into their nostrils 20–90 min prior to parturition. […] Eight of the nine females who were anosmic at parturition but could smell at reintroduction accepted their own offspring, as well as alien young during reinstatement.
** 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in The New York Times‎:The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

#### Synonyms

* muriate (obsolete)

#### Derived terms

* acetyl chloride
* acetylcholine chloride
* acid chloride
* acyl chloride
* alkyl chloride
* alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride
* allyl chloride
* allylchloride
* aluminic chloride
* aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride
* ammoniochloride
* ammonium chloride
* ammonium ruthenium chloride
* argentic chloride
* argentous chloride
* auric chloride
* aurochloride
* auro-chloride
* barium chloride
* behentrimonium chloride
* benzal chloride
* benzalkonium chloride
* benzenediazochloride
* benzenediazonium chloride
* benzethonium chloride
* benzoxonium chloride
* benzoyl chloride
* benzyl chloride
* benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride
* benzylmagnesium chloride
* berkelium chloride
* beryllium chloride
* bichloride
* bromine chloride
* cadmium chloride
* caesium chloride, cesium chloride
* calcium chloride
* carbamoyl chloride
* carbon chloride
* carbonyl chloride
* cerous chloride
* cetylpyridinium chloride
* chloridaemia
* chloridate
* chloride of lime
* chloride of potash
* chloride of soda
* chlorider
* chloridic
* chloridise, chloridize
* chloridometer
* chromic chloride
* chromo-chloride
* chromous chloride
* chromyl chloride
* cobalt chloride
* cobaltous chloride
* copper chloride
* copper(II) chloride
* cupric chloride
* cuprous chloride
* curium chloride
* cyanogen chloride
* cyanuric chloride
* dichloride
* diethylaluminium chloride
* dimercury chloride
* dimethyldioctadecylammonium chloride
* dimethylvinylchloride
* dodecachloride
* ethyl chloride
* ferric chloride
* ferrous chloride
* gold chloride
* hexachloride
* hexadecachloride
* hydrargochloride
* hydrochloride
* hydrogen chloride
* indium chloride
* iodo-chloride
* iridio-chloride
* iridious chloride
* iron(II) chloride
* iron(III) chloride
* isometamidium chloride
* lead chloride
* lithium chloride
* magnesium chloride
* manganese chloride
* manganous chloride
* mercuric chloride
* mercurous chloride
* methyl chloride
* methylene chloride
* methylrosaniline chloride
* methylthioninium chloride
* molybdenum chloride
* monochloride
* nickel chloride, nickelous chloride
* niobium chloride
* nitro blue tetrazolium chloride
* nitrosyl chloride
* nonachloride
* octachloride
* organochloride
* osmic chloride
* osmiochloride
* osmious chloride
* oxalyl chloride
* oxochloride
* oxychloride
* palladium chloride
* pentachloride
* perchloride
* phosphoric chloride
* phosphorous chloride
* phosphorus chloride
* phosphoryl chloride
* platinammonium chloride
* platinic chloride
* platinichloride
* platinochloride
* platinoso-platinic chloride
* platinous chloride
* plumbic chloride
* plumbous chloride
* polychloride
* polyvinyl chloride
* polyvinylidene chloride
* potassio-platinic chloride
* potassio-platinum chloride
* potassium chloride
* potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
* promethium chloride
* propargylchloride
* prospidium chloride
* protochloride
* radium chloride
* rhodio-chloride
* rubidium chloride
* scandium chloride
* sebacoyl chloride
* sesquichloride
* silver chloride
* sodium chloride
* stannic chloride
* stannous chloride
* strontium chloride
* strontium chloride hexahydrate
* subchloride
* sulfochloride
* sulfonyl chloride
* sulfuric chloride
* sulfurous chloride, sulphurous chloride
* sulfuryl chloride, sulphuryl chloride
* suxamethonium chloride
* tantalic chloride
* tellurium chloride
* terchloride
* terephthaloyl chloride
* tetrachloride
* thallous chloride
* thionyl chloride
* thorium chloride
* tin chloride
* tin(II) chloride
* titanium chloride
* tolonium chloride
* trichloride
* trimethylsilyl chloride
* trospium chloride
* tubocurarine chloride
* tungstic chloride
* tungstous chloride
* uranous chloride
* uranyl chloride
* vanadium chloride
* vanadous chloride
* vinyl chloride
* vinylidene chloride
* xenon chloride
* yttrium anhydrous chloride
* zinc chloride

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chloride n (plural chloriden or chlorides)
* chloride

#### Derived terms

* natriumchloride

### Further reading

* chloride on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$