arsine
/ˈɑː(ɹ)siːn/noun
arsine is a noun meaning “A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH₃, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-S-I-N-E, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of arsine is arsines.
What does arsine mean?
noun
- 1
A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH₃, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic.
- 2
Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce arsine?
- /ˈɑː(ɹ)siːn/
- /ˈɑː(ɹ)saɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of arsine
- arsines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is arsine?
Arsine appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Arsine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense AsH3:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.