freon

See also: Freon, freón, and fréon

English

Alternative forms

• Freon

Etymology

Genericization of the Chemours trademark "Freon"

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

freon (countable and uncountable, plural freons)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
2. (refrigeration, slang) A gaseous ozone-depleting refrigerant
3. (environmentalism, slang) A chlorofluorocarbon

Translations

non-flammable refrigerant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷媒 (zh) (lěngméi)

• Czech: freon (cs) m
• Dutch: freon (nl)
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• Finnish: freoni (fi), freonikaasu
• French: fréon (fr) m
• Russian: фреон (ru) m (freon)

See also

• CFC

Anagrams

• forne, orfen

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Czech

Noun

1. freon

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreːɔn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: fre‧on

Noun

freon m (plural freonen)

1. Freon

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West Frisian

FWOTD – 15 July 2013

Etymology

From Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frøə̯n/

Noun

freon c (plural freonen, diminutive freontsje)

1. friend (male)
   • 1978, Nije Fryske Bibeloersetting, 2 Samuel 15:37:

     Sa kaam Davids freon Chûsai yn ’e stêd oan, krekt doe’t Absalom yn Jeruzalem oankaam.

     So David’s friend Hushai came into the city, as Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Derived terms

• freonlike
• freonskip
• freondinne

Further reading

• “freon”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011