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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

halogen (plural halogens)

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

Usage notes

• 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.

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) Eastern Min: 鹵素／卤素 (lū-só) Hokkien: 鹵素／卤素 (ló͘-sò͘) Mandarin: 鹵素／卤素 (zh) (lǔsù), 鹵族／卤族 (zh) (lǔzú) (group) Czech: halogen m Dutch: halogeen (nl) n Esperanto: halogeno Estonian: halogeen Finnish: halogeeni (fi) French: halogène (fr) m Galician: halóxeno (gl) 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) (harogen) 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 Turkish: halojen (tr) Ukrainian: галоґе́н m (halogén), галоге́н m (halohén) Vietnamese: halôgen

a light fixture

Maori: kōnakonako

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “halogen”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• halogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From halo- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

halogen

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

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

Noun

halogen m inan

1. halogen

   Synonym: halový prvek

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	halogen	halogeny
genitive	halogenu	halogenů
dative	halogenu	halogenům
accusative	halogen	halogeny
vocative	halogene	halogeny
locative	halogenu	halogenech
instrumental	halogenem	halogeny

Declension of halogen (hard masculine inanimate)

Further reading

• “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)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

halogen

Wikipedia ^no

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).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

halogen

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French halogène.

Adjective

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

1. halogenic

Declension

		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

Declension of halogen

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

halogen

Wikipedia ^cy

Etymology

Borrowed from English halogen.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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."

Related terms

• halid (“halide”)

References

1. 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