An archaic chemistry term for a compound formed by the combination of antimony with a nonmetallic element or radical.
From antimony + -uret (archaic suffix from French -ure, indicating combination). This 18th-19th century term was largely replaced by more modern nomenclature like 'antimonide' or 'antimony sulfide.' The -uret ending is mostly obsolete in modern chemistry.
Antimoniuret is a fossil word—it shows how chemistry once used French-derived suffixes (-uret for sulfur compounds) before shifting to simpler Latin-based names. It's like watching how scientific English standardized itself.
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