covalent
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: kōvā'lənt
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈveɪ.lənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈveɪ.lənt/
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəʉˈvæɪ.lənt/
Adjective edit
covalent (comparative more covalent, superlative most covalent)
- (chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
containing or characterized by a covalent bond
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. "valent" unprefixed seems to be vanishingly rare in nl
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
covalent (not comparable)
Inflection edit
Inflection of covalent | ||||
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uninflected | covalent | |||
inflected | covalente | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | covalent | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | covalente | ||
n. sing. | covalent | |||
plural | covalente | |||
definite | covalente | |||
partitive | covalents |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
covalent (feminine covalente, masculine plural covalents, feminine plural covalentes)
Further reading edit
- “covalent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German kovalent.
Adjective edit
covalent m or n (feminine singular covalentă, masculine plural covalenți, feminine and neuter plural covalente)
Declension edit
Declension of covalent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | covalent | covalentă | covalenți | covalente | ||
definite | covalentul | covalenta | covalenții | covalentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | covalent | covalente | covalenți | covalente | ||
definite | covalentului | covalentei | covalenților | covalentelor |