chalcogen

English

Etymology

From chalco- (“ore”) +‎ -gen (“forming”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/

Noun

chalcogen (plural chalcogens)

2. (inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.

   Hypernyms: nonmetal < element < substance, material

   Coordinate terms: halogen, pnictogen, metalloid, metal

Derived terms

• chalcogenide
• chalcogenol
• chalkophore
• halochalcogenate
• interchalcogen
• organochalcogen

Translations

any element of group 16 of the periodic table

• Afrikaans: chalkogeen
• Dutch: chalcogeen n
• Esperanto: ĥalkogeno
• French: chalcogène (fr) m
• Italian: calcogeno (it) m
• Polish: tlenowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: calcogénio m, calcogênio m (Brazil)
• Swedish: kalkogen c
• Ukrainian: халькоґе́н m (xalʹkogén), халькоге́н m (xalʹkohén)