halogen

halogen

See also: Halogen

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842).[1]

Pronunciation

• enPR: hălʹə-jən, hāʹlə-jən
• IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/, /ˈheɪ.lə.d͡ʒən/

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Noun

halogen (plural halogens)

1. (chemistry) Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.
2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas,

Derived terms

• halogen lamp
• halogen oven
• halogen stove

 

Related terms

• halide

Translations

any element of group 17

Afrikaans: halogeen (af) Armenian: հալոգեն (hy) (halogen) Asturian: halóxenu m Bulgarian: халоген m (halogen) Catalan: halogen (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 鹵素, 卤素 (lou5 sou3), 鹵族, 卤族 (lou5 zuk6) (group) Mandarin: 鹵素／卤素 (zh) (lǔsù), 鹵族／卤族 (zh) (lǔzú) (group) Min Dong: 鹵素, 卤素 (lū-só) Min Nan: 鹵素, 卤素 (ló͘-sò͘) Czech: halogen m Dutch: halogeen (nl) n Esperanto: halogeno Estonian: halogeen Finnish: halogeeni (fi) French: halogène (fr) m Galician: halóxeno m German: Halogen (de) n Greek: αλογόνο (el) n (alogóno) Hungarian: halogén (hu) Ido: halogeno (io) Italian: alogeno (it) m Japanese: ハロゲン (ja) Kazakh: галоген (galogen) Khmer: ហាឡូហ្សែន (haalouhsaen) Korean: 할로겐 (ko) (hallogen) Latin: halogenus m Latvian: halogēni m pl, sāļraži m pl Maori: whāpāhare Norwegian: Bokmål: halogen n Nynorsk: halogen n Persian: هالوژن‎ (fa) (hâložen) Polish: halogen (pl) m, fluorowiec m Portuguese: halogênio (pt) m Romanian: halogen (ro) m Russian: галоге́н (ru) m (galogén) Spanish: halógeno (es) m Thai: แฮโลเจน Ukrainian: галоґе́н m (halogén), галоге́н m (halohén) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

a light fixture

Maori: kōnakonako

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “halogen”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• halogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Etymology

halo- +‎ -gen

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈlɔ.ʒən/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈlɔ.d͡ʒen/

Noun

halogen m (plural halogens)

1. halogen

Derived terms

• halogenat
• pseudohalogen

Further reading

• “halogen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaloɡɛn]

Noun

halogen m

1. halogen

   Synonym: halový prvek

Further reading

• halogen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• halogen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) +‎ -gen.

Noun

halogen n (definite singular halogenet, indefinite plural halogen or halogener, definite plural halogena or halogenene)

1. (chemistry) halogen

References

• “halogen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “halogen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) +‎ -gen.

Noun

halogen n (definite singular halogenet, indefinite plural halogen, definite plural halogena)

1. (chemistry) halogen

References

• “halogen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French halogène.

Adjective

halogen m or n (feminine singular halogenă, masculine plural halogeni, feminine and neuter plural halogene)

1. halogenic

Declension

Declension of halogen

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	halogen		halogenă	halogeni	halogene
	definite	halogenul		halogena	halogenii	halogenele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	halogen		halogene	halogeni	halogene
	definite	halogenului		halogenei	halogenilor	halogenelor