Dictionary

halide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈheɪ.laɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈhæl.aɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈheɪ.laɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From hal(ogen) + -ide.

Meanings

1. Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
   • sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride
2. (especially) Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid). ▸ Such a salt with a single halogen atom.
   • Potassium iodide is a halide.
3. The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).
   • Iodide is a halide.
4. (informal) A metal halide lamp.
   • I've also heard blue lights for an hour then kick on the halides for 6-8 hours then blue lights (actinic) again for an hour then the moon lights/no lights. 2006 June 10, Bryan Garner, “setting timing on the new lights”, in rec.aquaria.marine.reefs (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
   • One word on halides; They may be more expensive to set up, but they are far brighter than tubes, illuminate a larger growing area, and are much cheaper to run in the long run in terms of the light ouput you get/ unit of electricity consumed.. also an advantage for taller trees, or anything over 10 " tall.. 1995 September 18, ISLAM, YASSIR, “grow lights..”, in rec.arts.bonsai (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
   • Yes, heating is a problem with basically any reef set-up in the summer in a non-ACed house, and halides make it worse. 1996 November 12, Sanjay Mani, “Jeff Pfohl's Web Page”, in rec.aquaria.marine.reefs (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:

Forms

Coordinates

pseudohalide · pseudohalide · dihalide · pseudohalide

Deriveds

alkyl halide · oxohalide · selenyl halide · metal halide lamp · pseudohalide · dihalide · pentahalide · oxyhalide · acyl halide · hydrohalide · vinyl halide · trihalide · organohalide · tetrahalide · hydrogen halide · halided · gold halide · monohalide

Hypernyms

material · anion · compound · ion · substance · material · salt · salt · compound · substance

Translations (23)

ja ハロゲン化物 (halogen salt) · sv stensal (halogen salt) · tr halojenür (halogen salt) · nl halogenide (halogen salt) · gur yaaride (halogen salt) · it alogenuro (halogen salt) · kk галогенид (halogen salt) · fi halidi (halogen salt) · nb halitt (halogen salt) · eo halogenido (halogen salt) · ar هَالِيت (halogen salt) · fr halogénure (halogen salt) · sv halit (halogen salt) · sv bergsalt (halogen salt) · de Halit (halogen salt) · de Halogenid (halogen salt) · cmn 鹵化物 /卤化物 (halogen salt) · es haluro (halogen salt) · cy halid (halogen salt) · ca halur (halogen salt) · ro halogenură (halogen salt) · pt haleto (halogen salt) · nb stensalt (halogen salt)