inorganic compound

English

Noun

inorganic compound (plural inorganic compounds)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound not containing carbon atoms.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound containing carbon atoms ionically bound to other atoms.

Usage notes

• By convention they also include the carbides, carbonates, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and the salts of simple carboxylic acids; carbon disulfide is debatable.

Antonyms

• organic compound

Translations

compound without carbon atoms

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 無機化合物／无机化合物 (mo⁴ gei¹ faa³ hap⁶ mat⁶)

  Mandarin: 無機化合物／无机化合物 (zh) (wújī huàhéwù)

• Czech: anorganická sloučenina f
• Finnish: epäorgaaninen yhdiste
• French: composé inorganique m
• German: anorganische Verbindung f
• Greek: ανόργανη ένωση (el) f (anórgani énosi)
• Irish: comhdhúil neamhorgánach f
• Japanese: 無機化合物 (ja) (むきかごうぶつ, muki kagōbutsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: co-vunstoo neuorgaanagh
• Portuguese: composto inorgânico m
• Romanian: compus anorganic
• Russian: неоргани́ческое соедине́ние n (neorganíčeskoje sojedinénije), неоргани́ческое вещество́ n (neorganíčeskoje veščestvó)
• Tagalog: dihaying balangkap
• Vietnamese: hợp chất vô cơ
• Welsh: cyfansoddyn anorganig m