fluoro

See also: fluoro-

English

Etymology

From fluor(escent) +‎ -o.

Noun

fluoro (plural fluoros)

(Australia, colloquial) A fluorescent light.
- 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin 2003, p. 27:
  She held her grey felt hat in her hand, slapping the flat brim lightly against her leg as she walked, her tinted hair gleaming under the fluoros.
- 2009, January 25, “By Dr Cindy Pan”, in Living with epilepsy‎:
  About one in 20 epilepsy sufferers are sensitive to flashing lights, which can include strobe lighting or flickering fluoros […] .

Adjective

fluoro (comparative more fluoro, superlative most fluoro)

(colloquial) Of a fluorescent colour.

Catalan

Verb

fluoro

first-person singular present indicative form of fluorar

Esperanto

Chemical element
F
Previous: oksigeno (O)
Next: neono (Ne)

Etymology

Derived from Latin fluor (“flow”). Doublet of flui.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fluˈoro]
Audio:
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Rhymes: -oro
Hyphenation: flu‧o‧ro

Noun

fluoro (uncountable, accusative fluoron)

(chemistry) fluorine

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto fluoro, from Italian fluoro.

Noun

fluoro (uncountable)

fluorine

Italian

Chemical element
F
Previous: ossigeno (O)
Next: neon (Ne)

Etymology

From Latin fluor (“flow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fluˈɔ.ro/
Rhymes: -ɔro
Hyphenation: flu‧ò‧ro

Noun

fluoro m (plural fluori)

(chemistry) fluorine

Related terms

fluorannite
fluorapatite
fluorapofillite (“fluorapophyllite”)
fluorcafite (“fluorcaphite”)
fluorellestadite
fluoridrico (“hydrofluoric”)
fluorite
fluoruro (“fluoride”)
fluorvesuvianite

Anagrams

Rufolo, rufolo

Latin

Noun

fluōrō

dative/ablative singular of fluōrum

Portuguese

Verb

fluoro

first-person singular present indicative of fluorar

Spanish

Verb

fluoro

first-person singular present indicative of fluorar

Venetian

Noun

fluoro m (plural fluori)

fluorine