arsenic

Other forms of arsenic

plural

arsenics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arsenic

What does arsenic mean?

arsenic means "a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arsenic?

arsenic has 3 syllables: ar-se-nic. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹsənɪk/.

What is another word for arsenic?

Close synonyms include arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, white arsenic, ratsbane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arsenic a common word?

arsenic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.