halogeen

halogeen (plural halogene)

1. (chemistry) halogen (any element of group 17 of the periodic table)

Borrowed from New Latin halogenium, from Swedish halogen, both coined by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist. Formed from Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”) +‎ -geen (“produce”), referring to elements which produce a salt in union with a metal.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦaː.loːˈɣeːn/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧lo‧geen
• Rhymes: -eːn

halogeen n (plural halogenen, diminutive halogeentje n)

1. halogen (any element of group 7 of the periodic table)

• halogeenlamp
• halogeenlicht
• halogeenverlichting

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halogeen (genitive halogeeni, partitive halogeeni)

1. (chemistry) halogen

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