chlorine
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1810 from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) + -ine.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) enPR: klôʹrēn, IPA(key): /ˈklɔɹin/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: klôʹrēn, IPA(key): /ˈklɔːɹiːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹiːn
- Hyphenation: chlo‧rine
Noun[edit]
chlorine (usually uncountable, plural chlorines)
- A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
- Synonym: (when used as a food additive) E925
- Hypernym: halogen
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- antichlor, antichlore
- antichlorine
- chlor-, chloro-
- chloral
- chlorane
- chloric
- chloride
- chlorinate
- chlorination
- chlorine-35
- chlorine-36
- chlorine-37
- chlorine dioxide
- chlorine fluoride
- chlorine monofluoride
- chlorine oxide
- chlorine pentafluoride
- chlorine trifluoride
- chlorine water
- chloriniferous
- chlorinise, chlorinize
- chlorinous
- chlorite
- chloroid
- chlorous
- chloruret
- dichlorine
- organochlorine
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
chemical element
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See also[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English chlorine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chlorine f (uncountable)
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- en:Chemical elements
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-
- English terms coined by Humphry Davy
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -ine
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹiːn
- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹiːn/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Chlorine
- en:Halogens
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/inə
- Dutch lemmas
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