halogen

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

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

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halogen (plural halogens)

1. (chemistry) Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.

   Hypernyms: nonmetal < element < substance, material

   Coordinate terms: chalcogen, pnictogen, metalloid, metal

2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.

• When the term was coined, all known group 17 elements formed salts on reaction with a metal. This may not be true for the recently discovered superheavy element tennessine, though experiments cannot yet be carried out because of its short lifetime and the difficulty of manufacturing it. Chemists usually include tennessine as a halogen to extend the term to all of group 17, though those specializing in the chemistry of superheavy elements may exclude it.

• halogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From halo- +‎ -gen.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈlɔ.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈlɔ.d͡ʒen]

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halogen m (plural halogens)

1. halogen

• halogenat
• pseudohalogen

• “halogen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaloɡɛn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaloɡɛːn]

halogen m inan

1. halogen

   Synonym: halový prvek

• “halogen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “halogen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “halogen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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

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

1. (chemistry) halogen

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

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) +‎ -gen.

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

1. (chemistry) halogen

• “halogen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English halogen, French halogène, Russian галоге́н (galogén).

• IPA^(key): /xaˈlɔ.ɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
• Syllabification: ha‧lo‧gen

halogen m inan

1. halogen lamp
2. (chemistry) halogen

   Synonyms: chlorowiec, fluorowiec

• halogen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• halogen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French halogène.

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

1. halogenic

Borrowed from English halogen.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /haˈlɔɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /haˈloːɡɛn/, /haˈlɔɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn

halogen m (plural halogenau, not mutable)

1. (chemistry) halogen
   • 1937, R. O. Davies, Elfennau Cemeg (Elements of Chemistry), University of Wales Press:

     Elfen arall yn perthyn i deulu’r halogenau yw ffluorin.

     "Another element belonging to the halogen family is fluorine."

• halid (“halide”)

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