xenon

From Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈziːnɒn/
• (US) enPR: zē'nŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈzinɑn/; enPR: zē'nən, IPA^(key): /zinən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /zenɔn/; IPA^(key): /zɪinɔn/
• Rhymes: -iːnɒn
• Hyphenation: xe‧non

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenons)

1. The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

• Xenon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

• xenno-

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• Hyphenation: xe‧non

xenon (uncountable)

1. xenon

• edelgas

• IPA^(key): [ˈksɛnon]
• Hyphenation: xe‧non

xenon m inan

1. xenon

xenon c or n (definite singular xenonen or xenonet, singulare tantum)

1. xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

Borrowed from English xenon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkseː.nɔn/

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• Hyphenation: xe‧non

xenon n (uncountable)

1. xenon

• xenongas

xenon m (uncountable)

1. xenon

• IPA^(key): [ˈksɛnon]
• Hyphenation: xe‧non
• Rhymes: -on

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenonok)

1. xenon (chemical element)

• xenon villanólámpa

From Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

xenon n (genitive singular xenons, no plural)

1. xenon (chemical element)

• “xenon” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Derived from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), which is the neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkse.non/, [ˈks̠ɛnɔn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkse.non/, [ˈksɛːnon]

xenon n (genitive xenī); second declension

1. xenon

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• “xenon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• xenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “xenon”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “xenon”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

From English xenon, from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos).

• IPA^(key): [zenɔn], [zinɔn]
• Rhymes: -nɔn, -ɔn

xenon

1. xenon (chemical element)

Borrowed from Norwegian xenon.

xēnon

1. xenon

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)

1. xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)

1. xenon (as above)

From French xénon or German Xenon.

xenon n (uncountable)

1. xenon

xenon n (singulare tantum)

1. xenon

• xenonlampa

From French xénon, from English xenon.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [se˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Phonetic: xê nông

xenon

1. xenon