iodine

English

Chemical element
I
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Etymology

From French iode + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1814.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ī'ədīn, ī'ədĭn, ī'ədēn, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.əˌdaɪn, -dɪn, -diːn/

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Noun

iodine (usually uncountable, plural iodines)

1. A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
2. An antiseptic incorporating the element.

   Synonym: tincture of iodine

3. (countable, uncountable, obsolete) An iodide.

Usage notes

Note that the chemical symbol J (not I) is sometimes used in German chemistry texts.

Derived terms

• iodimetry
• iodinate
• iodination
• iodine-125
• iodine-131
• iodine cyanide
• iodine green
• iodine heptafluoride
• iodine monochloride
• iodine number
• iodine pentafluoride
• iodine pentoxide
• iodine scarlet
• iodine trichloride
• iodine value
• iodine yellow
• iodinised, iodinized
• iod-, iodo-
• iodite
• iodyrite
• radioiodine
• thyro-iodine
• tincture of iodine

 

Related terms

• iodate
• iode
• iodic
• iodide
• iodipin
• iodise, iodize
• iodous

 

Translations

element

• Afrikaans: jood
• Albanian: jod (sq)
• Arabic: يُود‎ m (yūd)
• Armenian: յոդ (hy) (yod)
• Asturian: yodu m
• Azerbaijani: yod, iod
• Basque: iodoa
• Belarusian: ёд m (jod)
• Breton: iod m
• Bulgarian: йод (bg) m (jod)
• Catalan: iode (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碘 (zh) (diǎn)

• Cornish: eyodyn
• Czech: jód (cs) m
• Danish: jod (da)
• Dutch: jood (nl) n, jodium (nl) n
• Erzya: ёда (joda)
• Esperanto: jodo (eo), iodo (eo)
• Estonian: jood (et)
• Faroese: jod
• Finnish: jodi (fi)
• French: iode (fr) m
• Friulian: jodi
• Galician: iodo (gl)
• Georgian: იოდი (iodi)
• German: Iod (de) n, Jod (de) n
• Greek: ιώδιο (el) n (iódio)
• Hebrew: יוד‎ (he) m (yod)
• Hindi: जंबुकी (jambukī)
• Hungarian: jód (hu)
• Icelandic: joð (is)
• Indonesian: yodium (id)
• Irish: iaidín
• Italian: iodio (it) m
• Japanese: ヨウ素 (ja) (ようそ, yōso), 沃素 (ja) (ようそ, yōso), ヨード (ja) (yōdo)
• Kashubian: jód
• Kazakh: йод (yod)
• Korean: 요오드 (ko) (yoodeu), 옥도 (okdo) (沃度), 옥소 (okso) (沃素), 요오듐 (yoodyum), 아이오딘 (ko) (aiodin)
• Kyrgyz: йод (ky) (yod)

• Latin: iodium (la)
• Latvian: jods (lv) m
• Lithuanian: jodas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Iod
• Macedonian: јод m (jod)
• Malay: iodin
• Maltese: jodju m
• Manx: eeadeen
• Maori: hautawa
• Mongolian: йод (iod)
• Norwegian: jod (no)
• Occitan: iòde m
• Persian: ید‎ (fa) (yod)
• Polish: jod (pl) m
• Portuguese: iodo (pt)
• Romanian: iod (ro) n
• Russian: йод (ru) m (jod), ио́д (ru) m (iód)
• Scottish Gaelic: ìodain
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јо̑д m

  Roman: jȏd (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: jåått
• Slovak: jód (sk) m
• Slovene: jod (sl) m
• Spanish: yodo (es) m
• Swedish: jod (sv) c
• Tagalog: yodo
• Tajik: йод (tg) (yod), иод (iod)
• Tamil: அயடின் (ayaṭiṉ)
• Thai: ไอโอดีน (th) (ai-oo-diin)
• Tok Pisin: aiadin, yot
• Turkish: iyot (tr)
• Ukrainian: йод m (jod)
• Uzbek: yod (uz)

  Cyrillic: йод (uz)

• Vietnamese: iot, iốt (vi), iođ
• Volapük: yodin (vo)
• Welsh: ïodin (cy)
• West Frisian: joadium
• Yiddish: יאָד‎ m (yod)

antiseptic

• Bulgarian: йо́дна тинкту́ра f (jódna tinktúra), йод (bg) m (jod) (colloquial)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碘酒 (zh) (diǎnjiǔ), 碘酊 (zh) (diǎndǐng)

• Dutch: jodium (nl) n, jodiumtinctuur (nl) m
• Erzya: ёда (joda)
• German: Jodtinktur f

• Japanese: ヨードチンキ (yōdochinki)
• Plautdietsch: Jood n
• Polish: jodyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: iodo (pt) m
• Russian: раствор йода m (rastvor joda), ио́д (ru) m (iód)
• Tok Pisin: aiadin, yot
• Yiddish: יאָד‎ m or f (yod)

Verb

iodine (third-person singular simple present iodines, present participle iodining, simple past and past participle iodined)

1. (transitive) to treat with iodine.

   Synonym: iodinate

Anagrams

• Idoine