silicide

1. 1.

   any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical

   Broadercompound

Other forms of silicide

plural

silicides·

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 silicide

What does silicide mean?

silicide means "any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical".

How many syllables are in silicide?

silicide has 3 syllables and divides as si-li-cide under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.