oxygen

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

Borrowed from French oxygène (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier), from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxus, “sharp”) + γένος (genos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɒksɪʤən̩/

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Noun

Wikipedia oxygen (countable and uncountable; plural oxygens)

1. A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.
2. Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
3. (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.
4. (countable) An atom of this element.

Derived terms

Derived terms

dioxygen gox heliox liquid oxygen lox nitrox nox oxo- oxy- oxygen-16 oxygen-17 oxygen-18 oxygen bar oxygen bottle oxygen cylinder oxygen debt

oxygen deficit oxygen demand oxygen depletion oxygen difluoride oxygen fluoride oxygen gas oxygenise, oxygenize oxygen lance oxygenless oxygen mask oxygenous oxygen tent oxygen therapy singlet oxygen tetraoxygen triplet oxygen

Related terms

Related terms

BSCCO Entonox hydroxy- hydroxyl oxide oxo-, oxo oxy-, oxy

oxygenase oxygenate oxygenation oxylith oxytocic YBCO

Translations

chemical element

Afrikaans: suurstof (af) Albanian: oksigjeni (sq) Arabic: أكسجين (ar) (’óksijin) m. Aragonese: ocsichén (an) Armenian: թթվածին (hy) (tʿtʿvacin) Asturian: oxíxenu (ast) Azeri: oksigen (az) Basque: oxigenoa (eu) Bavarian: Sauastoff Belarusian: кісларод (be) (kislaród) m. Bengali: অক্সিজেন (bn) Bosnian: kiseonik (bs), kisik (bs) Breton: oksigen (br) m. Bulgarian: кислород (bg) (kisloród) m. Catalan: oxigen (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 氧 (cmn) (yǎng) Chuvash: йӳçлĕк (jüçlɘk) Cornish: oxyjen Corsican: ossigenu (co) Croatian: kisik (hr) Czech: kyslík (cs) Danish: ilt (da) c., oxygen (da) Dutch: zuurstof (nl) f. Erzya: чапамо чачтый Esperanto: oksigeno (eo) Estonian: hapnik (et) Faroese: súrevni (fo) n., ilt (fo) n. Finnish: happi (fi) French: oxygène (fr) m. Friulian: ossigjen Galician: osíxeno (gl) Georgian: ჟანგბადი (ka) (žangbadi) German: Sauerstoff (de) m. Greek: οξυγόνο (el) (oxygóno) n. Guaraní: tatarapo Gujarati: ઑક્સીજન (gu) (ōshajana) Haitian Creole: oksijèn Hawaiian: ‘Okikene Hebrew: חמצן (he) (khamtsan) Hindi: आक्सीजन (hi) (ōshajana) Hungarian: oxigén (hu) Icelandic: súrefni (is) Ido: oxo (io) Indonesian: oksigen (id), zat asam (id), zat pembakar (id) Interlingua: oxygeno (ia) Irish: ocsaigin (ga) f. Italian: ossigeno (it) m. Japanese: 酸素 (ja) (さんそ, sanso), (katakana) オキシジェン (ja) (okishijen) Javanese: oksigen (jv) Kannada: ಆಮ್ಲಜನಕ (kn) Kapampangan: oxygen Kashubian: krziseń Kazakh: оттек (ottek) Korean: 산소 (ko) (酸素, sanso) Kurdish: oksîjen (ku) Kölsch: Sauerstoff Latin: oxygenium (la) Latvian: skābeklis (lv)

Ligurian: oscigeno Limburgish: zuurstof (li) Lingala: oksijɛ́ní (ln) Lithuanian: deguonis (lt) Lojban: kijno (jbo) Low Saxon: suerstoff (nds) Luxembourgish: Sauerstoff (lb) Macedonian: кислород (mk) (kíslorod) Malay: oksigen (ms) Malayalam: ഓക്സിജന്‍ (ml) Maltese: ossiġinu Manx: ocsygien (gv) Maori: hāora (mi) Marathi: ऑकसीजन (mr) (ōksijana), ऑक्सिजन (mr) Mongolian: хүчилтөрөгч (mn) (khüčiltörögč) Nahuatl: ehēcayoh (nah) Navajo: níłchʼi yáʼátʼéehii Newari: अक्सिजन Norwegian: oksygen (no), surstoff (no) Occitan: oxigèn (oc) Oriya: ଅମ୍ଳଜାନ (or) Oromo: oxygen (om) Papiamentu: zürstòf, oxigeno Persian: اکسیژن (fa) (oksizhen) Polish: tlen (pl) m. Portuguese: oxigénio (pt) m. (Portugal), oxigênio (pt) m. (Brazil) Punjabi: ਆਕਸੀਜਨ (pa) (āksījana) Quechua: muksichaq (qu) Romagnolo: usìgen Romanian: oxigen (ro) n. Russian: кислород (ru) (kisloród) m. Samogitian: degounis Sanskrit: अम्लकरः Scottish Gaelic: ogsaidean (gd) Serbian: кисеоник (sr) (kiseonik) m. Sicilian: ossìgginu (scn) Sinhalese: ඔක්සිජන් (si) Slovak: kyslík (sk) Slovene: kisik (sl) Spanish: oxígeno (es) m. Sundanese: oksigén (su) Swahili: oksijeni (sw) Swedish: syre (sv) n. Swiss German: Sauerstoff m. Tagalog: oksiheno (tl) Tajik: оксиген (tg) Tamil: ஆக்ஸிஜன் (ta), உயிரியம் (ta) (uyiriyam) Telugu: ఆక్సిజన్ (te), ఆమ్లజని (te) (Amlajani) Thai: ออกซิเจน (th) (oksichēn) Turkish: oksijen (tr) Ukrainian: кисень (uk) (kisen’) Upper Sorbian: kislik (hsb) Urdu: آکسیجن (ur) Uzbek: кислород (uz) (kislorod) Vietnamese: ôxy (vi) Volapük: loxin (vo) Welsh: ocsigen (cy), ócsigen (cy) West Frisian: soerstof (fy) Yiddish: זויערשטאף (yi) (zoierstof) m.

molecular oxygen

Chinese: Mandarin: 氧氣 (cmn), 氧气 (cmn) (yǎngqì) Greek: οξυγόνο (el) (oxygóno) n.

Japanese: 酸素 (ja) (sanso), (katakana) オキシジェン (ja) (okishijen) Polish: tlen (pl) m. Swedish: syrgas (sv) c.

atom of oxygen

Greek: οξυγόνο (el) (oxygóno) n. Japanese: 酸素 (ja) (sanso), (katakana) オキシジェン (ja) (okishijen) Korean: 산소 (酸素, sanso)

Oriya: ଅମ୍ଳଜାନ  (or) Polish: tlen (pl) m.

Synonyms

• E948 when used as a packaging gas

External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=O (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also

• ozone