silicon

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Chemical element
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Silicon

Etymology [edit]

From the stem of Latin silex (“silica”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

silicon (uncountable)

(chemistry) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

Usage notes [edit]

Do not confuse silicon with silicone.

Synonyms [edit]

silicium (obsolete), silicum (obsolete)

Derived terms [edit]

Related terms [edit]

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Translations [edit]

non-metallic element

Afrikaans: silikon (af)
Albanian: silicium (sq)
Arabic: سليكون (ar) (silikōn)
Armenian: սիլիցիում (hy) (silicʿium)
Asturian: siliciu (ast)
Basque: silizioa (eu)
Belarusian: крэмній (be) (krémnij) m
Breton: silisiom (br) m, silikiom (br) m
Bulgarian: силиций (bg) (silítsij) m
Catalan: silici (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: (Mainland) 硅 (cmn) (guī), (Taiwan, Hong Kong) 矽 (cmn) (xī)
Cornish: sylycon (kw)
Corsican: siliciu (co)
Czech: křemík (cs)
Danish: silicium (da)
Dutch: silicium (nl) n
Esperanto: silicio (eo)
Estonian: räni (et)
Faroese: silicium (fo)
Finnish: pii (fi)
French: silicium (fr) m
Friulian: silici
Galician: silicio (gl)
Georgian: სილიციუმი (ka) (silits‘iumi)
German: Silizium (de) n, Silicium (de) n (professional jargon)
Greek: πυρίτιο (el) (pyrítio) n
Gujarati: સિલિકોન (gu)
Haitian Creole: silisyòm
Hawaiian: silikone
Hebrew: צורן (he) (tsoran)
Hindi: सैकता (hi)
Hungarian: szilícium (hu)
Icelandic: kísill (is)
Ido: siliko (io)
Indonesian: silikon (id)
Interlingua: silicium (ia)
Irish: sileacan (ga)
Italian: silicio (it) m
Japanese: ケイ素 (ja) (keiso), シリコン (ja) (shirikon)
Kannada: ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ (kn)
Kashubian: krzém (csb)
Kazakh: кремний (kk) (kremnij)
Korean: 규소 (ko) (硅素, 珪素, gyuso), 실리콘 (ko) (sillikon)
Kurdish: sîlîsyûm (ku)

Kölsch: Silizium
Latin: silicium (la)
Latvian: silīcijs (lv)
Lithuanian: silicis (lt)
Lojban: cancmu (jbo)
Low German: silizium (nds)
Luxembourgish: Silizium (lb)
Macedonian: силициум (mk) (silitsium)
Malay: silikon (ms)
Malayalam: സിലിക്കണ്‍ (ml)
Maltese: silikon (mt)
Manx: shillagon (gv)
Maori: takawai (mi)
Marathi: सिलिकॉन (mr)
Mongolian: цахиур (mn) (tsakhiur)
Nahuatl: tecpatli (nah)
Norwegian: silisium (no)

Nynorsk: silisium (nn)
Occitan: silici (oc)
Persian: سیلیسیم (fa)
Polish: krzem (pl) m
Portuguese: silício (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸਿਲੀਕੋਨ (pa)
Quechua: ullayayaq (qu)
Romanian: siliciu (ro) n
Russian: кремний (ru) (krémnij) m , силиций (ru) (silítsij) m
Scottish Gaelic: sileacon (gd)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: силицијум (sh) m, силициј (sh) m

Roman: silicijum (sh) m, silicij (sh) m
Sicilian: siliciu (scn)
Slovak: kremík (sk) m
Slovene: silicij (sl)
Spanish: silicio (es) m, silicona (es) f
Swedish: kisel (sv) n
Tajik: силитсий (tg) (silitziy)
Tamil: சிலிக்கான் (ta) (cilikkan)
Telugu: సిలికాన్ (te)
Thai: ซิลิคอน (th) (silikhon)
Turkish: silisyum (tr)
Ukrainian: кремній (uk) (krémnij) m
Uzbek: кремний (uz)
Vietnamese: silic (vi)
Welsh: silicon (cy)
West Frisian: silisium (fy)

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