hydrogen

hydrogen

English

Chemical element
H	Next: helium (He)

Etymology

From French hydrogène, coined by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “I bring forth”). Corresponding to hydro- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹədʒ(ə)n/
• (General American) enPR: hī'drəjən, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒən/, [ˈhaɪd͡ʒɹəd͡ʒən]

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: hy‧dro‧gen

Noun

hydrogen (countable and uncountable, plural hydrogens)

1. The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of 1.00794.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hydrogen.
   1. An atom of the element.
2. Molecular hydrogen (H₂), a colourless, odourless and flammable gas at room temperature.
   1. A molecule of this molecular species
3. A sample of the element/molecule.

Synonyms

• E949 (when used as a packaging agent)
• waterstuff

 

element

• element 1

 

molecule

• dihydrogen
• hydrogen hydride

 

Hyponyms

element

• deuterium
• protium
• tritium

 

molecule

• deuterium deuteride
• deuterium hydride
• deuterium protide
• deuterium trtide
• dihydrogen
• hydrogen deuteride
• hydrogen hydride
• hydrogen protide
• hydrogen tritide
• orthohydrogen
• parahydrogen
• protium deuteride
• protium hydride
• protium protide
• protium tritide
• tritium deuteride
• tritium hydride
• tritium protide
• tritium tritride

 

Derived terms

• antihydrogen
• antimoniated hydrogen
• antimoniureted hydrogen, antimoniuretted hydrogen
• arseniureted hydrogen, arseniuretted hydrogen
• black hydrogen
• blue hydrogen
• brown hydrogen
• carbureted hydrogen, carburetted hydrogen
• dark hydrogen
• dihydrogen
• gray hydrogen
• green hydrogen
• grey hydrogen
• heavy hydrogen
• hydrogen acetate
• hydrogen acid
• hydrogen air
• hydrogen arsenate
• hydrogen arsenide
• hydrogenate
• hydrogen bomb
• hydrogen bond
• hydrogen-bonded
• hydrogen-bonding
• hydrogen bromide
• hydrogen burning
• hydrogen car
• hydrogen carbonate
• hydrogen chlorate
• hydrogen chloride
• hydrogen chlorite
• hydrogen cyanide
• hydrogen cycle
• hydrogen dioxide
• hydrogen disulfide, hydrogen disulphide
• hydrogen economy
• hydrogen electrode
• hydrogen embrittlement
• hydrogeneted, hydrogenetted
• hydrogen fluoride
• hydrogen gas
• hydrogen gas electrode
• hydrogen halide
• hydrogen harmonicon
• hydrogen hydroxide
• hydrogenic
• hydrogeniferous
• hydrogen iodate
• hydrogen iodide
• hydrogen ion
• hydrogenise, hydrogenize
• hydrogenium
• hydrogen lamp
• hydrogen-like
• hydrogen line
• hydrogen maser atomic clock
• hydrogen monoxide
• hydrogen nitrate
• hydrogenolysis
• hydrogenonium
• hydrogenous
• hydrogen oxide
• hydrogen peroxide
• hydrogen phosphate
• hydrogen potassium carbonate
• hydrogen protoxide
• hydrogen selenide
• hydrogen sodium arsenate
• hydrogen spectral series
• hydrogen spectrum
• hydrogen station
• hydrogen sulfate, hydrogen sulphate
• hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulphide
• hydrogen sulfite, hydrogen sulphite
• hydrogen telluride
• hydrogen vehicle
• hydrogen warhead
• hydroquinone
• hydrosulfide, hydrosulphide
• hydrosulphureted, hydrosulphuretted
• hydroxy-
• hydroxyl
• lead hydrogen arsenate
• metallic hydrogen
• nascent hydrogen
• normal hydrogen electrode
• nuclear hydrogen detection meter
• orthohydrogen
• oxyhydrogen
• oxy-hydrogen
• parahydrogen
• phosphorated hydrogen
• phosphoretted hydrogen
• phosphureted hydrogen, phosphuretted hydrogen
• photohydrogen
• potassium hydrogen carbonate
• seleniureted hydrogen, seleniuretted hydrogen
• sodium hydrogen arsenate
• sodium hydrogen carbonate
• sodium hydrogen phosphate
• sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulphite
• solid hydrogen
• standard hydrogen electrode
• sulfide of hydrogen, sulphide of hydrogen
• sulfureted hydrogen, sulphuretted hydrogen
• tellureted hydrogen, telluretted hydrogen
• telluride of hydrogen
• trihydrogen

 

Related terms

• hydrate
• hydr-, hydro-
• hydric
• hydride
• hydriodic
• hydrion
• hydrogenase
• hydrogenite
• hydronium

 

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဟိုက်ဒရိုဂျင် (huikda.ruigyang)

Translations

chemical element

Abkhaz: аӡри (adzri) Afrikaans: waterstof (af) Albanian: hidrogjen (sq) Amharic: ሃይድሮጅን (haydəroǧn) Arabic: هِيدْرُوجِين‎ (ar) m (hidrožēn), هَيْدْرُوجِين‎ (ar) m (haydrojīn) Aragonese: hidrochén m Armenian: ջրածին (hy) (ǰracin) Asturian: hidróxenu (ast) m Azerbaijani: hidrogen (az), müvəllidülma Basque: hidrogeno (eu) Bavarian: Wassastoff m Belarusian: вадаро́д m (vadaród) Bengali: উদজান (bn) (udôjan), হাইড্রোজেন (haiḍrojen) Bhojpuri: उदजन (udᵊjan) Breton: hidrogen m Bulgarian: водоро́д m (vodoród) Burmese: ဟိုက်ဒရိုဂျင် (my) (huikda.ruigyang) Buryat: уһантүрэгшэ (uhantüregše) Catalan: hidrogen (ca) m Cebuano: idroheno, hidroheno Cherokee: ᏭᏓᏌᎧᎯᏴ ᎤᏃᎴ (wudasakahiyv unole) Chinese: Cantonese: 氫 (yue), 氢 (hing1) Hakka: 氫, 氢 (khîn) Mandarin: 氫／氢 (zh) (qīng) Min Dong: 氫, 氢 (kĭng) Min Nan: 水素 (zh-min-nan) (chúi-sò͘), 氫, 氢 (kheng, khin) Wu: 氫, 氢 (qin) Chuvash: водород (vodorod) Cornish: hidrojen m Corsican: idrogenu m Czech: vodík (cs) m Danish: brint (da), hydrogen (da) Dogri: उदजन (udjan) Dutch: waterstof (nl) n Dutch Low Saxon: waeterstof Erzya: ведь чачтый (vedʹ čačtyj) Esperanto: hidrogeno (eo) Estonian: vesinik (et) Farefare: ko'om-walʋm Faroese: vetni n, loftevni n, vatnevni n, brint n, hydrogen n Finnish: vety (fi) French: hydrogène (fr) m Friulian: idrogjen m Galician: hidróxeno (gl) m Garhwali: उदजन (udjan) Georgian: წყალბადი (c̣q̇albadi) German: Wasserstoff (de) m, Hydrogen n, Hydrogenium (de) n Central Franconian: Wasserstoff Rhine Franconian: Wassaschdoff (Palatine) Greek: υδρογόνο (el) n (ydrogóno) Greenlandic: brinti Guaraní: tatavevýi Gujarati: ઉદજન (udajan) Haitian Creole: idwojèn Hawaiian: haikokene Hebrew: מֵימָן‎ (he) m (meiman) Hindi: उदजन f (udjan), हाइड्रोजन (hi) f (hāiḍrojan) Hungarian: hidrogén (hu), köneny, gyulany Icelandic: vetni (is) n Ido: hidrogeno (io) Indonesian: hidrogen (id), zat air (id) Interlingua: hydrogeno Inuktitut: ᐳᓪᓚᕐᓂᐅᕿᓐᓂᖅᐹᖅ (pollarnioqinniqpaaq) Irish: hidrigin (ga) Italian: idrogeno (it) m Japanese: 水素 (ja) (すいそ, suiso) Javanese: hidrogen Jumli: उदजन (udjan) Kachchi: ઉદજન (udajan) Kalmyk: үстөр (üstör) Kannada: ಜಲಜನಕ (kn) (jalajanaka) Kashubian: wòdzyk m Kazakh: сутегі (sutegı), сутек (sutek) Khmer: អ៊ីដ្រូសែន (idrusaen) Komi-Permyak: ваувтыр (vauvtyr) Komi-Zyrian: вачужысь (vacʹužysʹ) Korean: 수소(水素) (ko) (suso) Kumaoni: उदजन (udjan) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hîdrojen (ku) Kyrgyz: суутек (ky) (suutek) Lao: ອິດໂລເຊນ (ʼit lō sēn), ອິດໂຣເຊນ (ʼit rō sēn) Latgalian: iudineklis Latin: hydrogenium (la) n Latvian: ūdeņradis (lv) m Limburgish: waterstof Lingala: idrojɛ́ní class 9a Lithuanian: vandenilis (lt) Lombard: idrògen m Low German: German Low German: Waterstoff m, Woterstoff m Luxembourgish: Waasserstoff (lb) Macedonian: водород m (vodorod) Malay: hidrogen (ms), zat air Malayalam: ജലവായു (jalavāyu), ഹൈഡ്രജൻ (ml) (haiḍrajaṉ) Maltese: idroġenu (mt) m Manx: hiddragien Maori: hauwai (mi) Marathi: उदजन (udjan) Mingrelian: წყარბადიშ (c̣q̇arbadiš) Moksha: ведьшачфты (vedʹšačfty) Mongolian: Cyrillic: устөрөгч (mn) (ustörögč) Mongolian: ᠤᠰᠤᠲᠥᠷᠥᠭᠴᠢ (usutöröɣči) Nahuatl: āyōcoxqui Navajo: háájiʼjin Nepali: उदजन (ne) (udajan) North Frisian: wååderstuf Norwegian: Bokmål: hydrogen (no) n, vanntoff n, vass-stoff n, vasstoff n Nynorsk: hydrogen (nn) n, vass-stoff n, vasstoff n, brenne n Occitan: idrogèn (oc) m Oriya: ଉଦ୍ଜାନ (udjanô) Ossetian: донгуыр (dong°yr) Ottoman Turkish: مولدالما‎ (müvellidü'l-mâ') Papiamentu: hidrogeno Pashto: هايډروجن‎ m (hayḍroǰán) Persian: هیدروژن‎ (fa) (hidrožen) Pitcairn-Norfolk: hiidrojen Polish: wodór (pl) m Pontic Greek: υδρογόνον (ydrogónon) Portuguese: hidrogénio (pt) m (Portugal), hidrogênio (pt) m (Brazil) Punjabi: ਉਦਜਨ (udajan) Quechua: yakuchaq, idruhinu Romanian: hidrogen (ro) n Russian: водоро́д (ru) m (vodoród) Rusyn: гідроґе́н m (hidrogén), во́день m (vódenʹ) Samogitian: ondėnilis Sanskrit: उदजन (udajana) Santali: ᱦᱟᱭᱰᱨᱚᱡᱮᱱ (hayḍrôjen) Saterland Frisian: Woaterstof Scottish Gaelic: haidreagain Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: водоник m, во̀дӣк m Roman: vodonik (sh) m, vòdīk (sh) m Sicilian: idrògginu (scn) m Sindhi: उदजन (udjan) Sinhalese: ජලකර (si) (jalakara) Slovak: vodík (sk) m Slovene: vodik (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wóźik m Upper Sorbian: wodźik m Sotho: sehlolametsi Spanish: hidrógeno (es) m Sranan Tongo: watraskotriki Sundanese: hidrogén Swahili: hidrojeni (sw) class 9 Swedish: väte (sv) n Tagalog: idroheno (tl) Tajik: гидроген (tg) (gidrogen), ҳидроген (hidrogen) Tamil: நீரகம் (ta) (nīrakam), ஹைட்ரஜன் (haiṭrajaṉ) Telugu: ఉదజని (udajani), హైడ్రోజన్ (te) (haiḍrōjan) Thai: ไฮโดรเจน (th) (hai-droo-jeen) Tibetan: ཡང་རླུང་། (yang rlung) Tongan: ʻeavai Turkish: hidrojen (tr), müvellidülmâ (tr) Turkmen: wodorod Ukrainian: во́день (uk) (vódenʹ) Urdu: ہائیڈروجن‎ f (hāiḍrojan) Uyghur: ھىدروگېن‎ (hidrogën) Uzbek: vodorod (uz) Cyrillic: водород (uz) (vodorod) Veps: vezinik Vietnamese: hiđrô (vi), hyđrô (vi), hi-đrô (vi), hy-đrô (vi), khinh khí (vi) (obsolete; usually refers to the gas), hiđrô (vi) Volapük: hidrin (vo) Võro: vesinik Walloon: idrodjinne (wa) Welsh: hydrogen (cy), (obsolete) ulai West Flemish: woaterstof West Frisian: wetterstof n Xhosa: umngxengamoya Yiddish: הידראָגען‎ (hidrogen), וואַסערשטאָף‎ (vasershtof)

molecular hydrogen

Chinese: Cantonese: 氫氣, 氢气 (hing1 hei3) (gas) Hakka: 氫氣, 氢气 (khîn-hi) (gas) Mandarin: 氫氣／氢气 (zh) (qīngqì) (gas) Min Nan: 氫氣, 氢气 (kheng-khì) (gas) Finnish: vety (fi) French: hydrogène (fr) m German: Wasserstoff (de) m Hindi: उदजन (udjan) Japanese: 水素 (ja) (すいそ, suiso) Korean: 수소(水素) (ko) (suso) Latin: hydrogenium (la) n

atom of hydrogen

Afrikaans: waterstof-atoom Finnish: vetyatomi German: Wasserstoffatom (de) n Korean: 수소원자(水素原子) (susowonja)

References

• Hydrogen on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Further reading

• hydrogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Noun

hydrogen n (singular definite hydrogenet, not used in plural form)

1. hydrogen

   Synonym: brint

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Norwegian Bokmål

Chemical element
H	Next: helium (He)

Noun

hydrogen n (definite singular hydrogenet) (uncountable)

1. hydrogen (chemical element, symbol H)

Derived terms

• hydrogencyanid
• hydrogenkarbonat
• hydrogenklorid
• hydrogensulfid
• hydroksid

 

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Chemical element
H	Next: helium (He)

Noun

hydrogen n (definite singular hydrogenet) (uncountable)

1. hydrogen (chemical element, symbol H)

Derived terms

• hydrogencyanid
• hydrogenkarbonat
• hydrogenklorid
• hydrogensulfid
• hydroksid

 

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Welsh

Chemical element
H	Next: heliwm (He)

Etymology

Borrowed from English hydrogen, from French hydrogène, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “I bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhədrɔˌɡɛn/, /ˈhɨ̞drɔˌɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhədrɔˌɡɛn/, /ˈhɪdrɔˌɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ədrɔɡɛn, -ɨ̞drɔɡɛn

Noun

hydrogen m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. hydrogen

   Synonyms: ulai, ulnwy

Derived terms

• adnewyddu hydrogen (“hydrogen renewability”)
• alcyleiddio hydrogen fflworid (“hydrogen fluoride alkylation”)
• bond hydrogen (“hydrogen bond”)
• derbynnydd hydrogen (“hydrogen acceptor”)
• halid hydrogen (“hydrogen halide”)
• hydrogenaidd (“hydrogenous”)
• hydrogen bromid (“hydrogen bromide”)
• hydrogen clorid (“hydrogen chloride”)
• hydrogeneiddio (“hydrogenise, hydrogenate”)
• hydrogen fflworid (“hydrogen fluoride”)
• hydrogen ïodid (“hydrogen iodide”)
• hydrogen perocsid (“hydrogen peroxide”)
• hydrogen sylffid (“hydrogen sulphide”)
• ïon hydrogen (“hydrogen ion”)

 

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hydrogen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies