halon

Blend of halogen +‎ carbon.

• enPR: hā′lŏn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn/, (conservative) /ˈheɪ̯.lɔːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ˈheɪ̯.lɔn/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈheɪ̯.lɑn/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn/, (dialectal) /ˈheɪ̯.lɑn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhæɪ̯.lɔn/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhæɪ̯.lɒn/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.lɔn/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈheː.lɔn/
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

halon (plural halons)

2. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (more precisely, a haloalkane) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens.

   Synonym: haloalkane

   • 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

• Haloalkane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “halon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Lohan, Holan

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalon/ [ˈha.l̪on̪]

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalon/ [ˈʔa.l̪on̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon
• Homophone: alon

hálon (Basahan spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. swallow

   Synonym: hamil

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalon/

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• Rhymes: -alon
• Syllabification: ha‧lon
• Hyphenation: hal‧o‧n

halon

1. accusative singular of halo

halon

1. genitive singular of halko

halon

1. genitive singular of halo

halon

1. first-person singular present indicative of halkoa

• alhon, lahon

• IPA^(key): /haˈlon/ [haˈlon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

halón

1. shadow

   Synonym: landong

From hal +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlon]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

halon

1. superessive singular of hal

From Proto-West Germanic *halōn. Cognate to Middle Dutch halen.

halōn

1. to call, appoint
2. to fetch, get

• Middle Low German: hālen
  • Low German: halen

Borrowed from French halon.

halon n (uncountable)

1. halon

halon c

1. definite singular of halo

halon

1. h-prothesized form of alon