halogen

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

• enPR: hăləjĕn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.ləˌd͡ʒɛn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.lə.d͡ʒən/

halogen (plural halogens)

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

• halide
• quartz halogen lamp

• halogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaloɡɛn]

halogen m

1. halogen

   Synonym: halový prvek

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

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.