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chalcogen

/ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
chalco-gen
IPA
/ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.

Etymology

From chalco- (“ore”) + -gen (“forming”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/

Inflected Forms

chalcogens (plural)

Derived Forms

chalcogenide chalcogenol chalkophore halochalcogenate interchalcogen organochalcogen

Frequently Paired Words

halogen pnictogen metalloid metal

Questions

How do you pronounce chalcogen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/.
What does chalcogen mean?
Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
Where does chalcogen come from?
From chalco- (“ore”) + -gen (“forming”).

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