Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halogen

/ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: halo-gen
IPA: /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἅλς

Inflected Forms

halogens (plural)

Derived Forms

dehydrohalogenase dehydrohalogenate dihalogen halogenase halogenate halogenation halogenite halogenoderma halogenous halon halothane interhalogen

Phrases

halogen lamp halogen oven halogen stove

Frequently Paired Words

halide halite chalcogen pnictogen metalloid metal

Questions

How do you pronounce halogen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/.
What does halogen mean?: Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
Where does halogen come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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