halogen

See also: Halogen

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) +‎ -gen (“forming”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hălʹə-jən, hāʹlə-jən
• IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/, /ˈheɪ.lə.d͡ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

halogen (plural halogens)

1. (chemistry) Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.

   Hypernyms: nonmetal < element < substance, material

   Coordinate terms: chalcogen, pnictogen, metalloid, metal

2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.

Usage notes

• When the term was coined, all known group 17 elements formed salts on reaction with a metal. This may not be true for the recently discovered superheavy element tennessine, though experiments cannot yet be carried out because of its short lifetime and the difficulty of manufacturing it. Chemists usually include tennessine as a halogen to extend the term to all of group 17, though those specializing in the chemistry of superheavy elements may exclude it.

Derived terms

• dehydrohalogenate
• dihalogen
• halogenase
• halogenate
• halogenation
• halogenite
• halogen lamp
• halogenoderma
• halogenous
• halogen oven
• halogen stove
• halon
• halothane
• interhalogen
• nonhalogen
• organohalogen
• radiohalogen

Related terms

• halide
• halite

Translations

any element of group 17

• Afrikaans: halogeen (af)
• Armenian: հալոգեն (hy) (halogen)
• Asturian: halóxenu m
• Bulgarian: халоген m (halogen)
• Catalan: halogen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鹵素 / 卤素 (lou⁵ sou³), 鹵族 / 卤族 (lou⁵ zuk⁶) (group)

  Eastern Min: 鹵素 / 卤素 (lū-só)

  Hokkien: 鹵素 / 卤素 (ló͘-sò͘)

  Mandarin: 鹵素 / 卤素 (zh) (lǔsù), 鹵族 / 卤族 (zh) (lǔzú) (group)

• Czech: halogen m
• Dutch: halogeen (nl) n
• Esperanto: halogeno
• Estonian: halogeen
• Finnish: halogeeni (fi)
• French: halogène (fr) m
• Galician: halóxeno (gl) m
• German: Halogen (de) n
• Greek: αλογόνο (el) n (alogóno)
• Hungarian: halogén (hu)
• Ido: halogeno (io)
• Italian: alogeno (it) m
• Japanese: ハロゲン (ja) (harogen)
• Kazakh: галоген (galogen)
• Khmer: ហាឡូហ្សែន (haalouhsaen)
• Korean: 할로젠 (ko) (hallojen), 할로겐 (ko) (hallogen)
• Latin: halogenus m
• Latvian: halogēni m pl, sāļraži m pl
• Māori: whāpāhare
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halogen n

  Nynorsk: halogen n

• Persian: هالوژن (fa) (hâložen)
• Polish: halogen (pl) m, fluorowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: halogênio (pt) m
• Romanian: halogen (ro) m
• Russian: галоге́н (ru) m (galogén)
• Spanish: halógeno (es) m
• Thai: แฮโลเจน
• Turkish: halojen (tr)
• Ukrainian: галоґе́н m (halogén), галоге́н m (halohén)
• Vietnamese: halôgen

a light fixture

• Māori: kōnakonako

Further reading

• halogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From halo- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈlɔ.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈlɔ.d͡ʒen]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

halogen m (plural halogens)

1. halogen

Derived terms

• halogenat
• pseudohalogen

Further reading

• “halogen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaloɡɛn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaloɡɛːn]

Noun

halogen m inan

1. halogen

   Synonym: halový prvek

Declension

Declension of halogen (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	halogen	halogeny
genitive	halogenu	halogenů
dative	halogenu	halogenům
accusative	halogen	halogeny
vocative	halogene	halogeny
locative	halogenu	halogenech
instrumental	halogenem	halogeny

Further reading

• “halogen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “halogen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “halogen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) +‎ -gen.

Noun

halogen n (definite singular halogenet, indefinite plural halogen or halogener, definite plural halogena or halogenene)

1. (chemistry) halogen

References

• “halogen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “halogen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) +‎ -gen.

Noun

halogen n (definite singular halogenet, indefinite plural halogen, definite plural halogena)

1. (chemistry) halogen

References

• “halogen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English halogen, French halogène, Russian галоге́н (galogén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈlɔ.ɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
• Syllabification: ha‧lo‧gen

Noun

halogen m inan

1. halogen lamp
2. (chemistry) halogen

   Synonyms: chlorowiec, fluorowiec

Declension

Declension of halogen

	singular	plural
nominative	halogen	halogeny
genitive	halogenu	halogenów
dative	halogenowi	halogenom
accusative	halogen	halogeny
instrumental	halogenem	halogenami
locative	halogenie	halogenach
vocative	halogenie	halogeny

Derived terms

nouns

• halogenek

Further reading

• halogen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• halogen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French halogène.

Adjective

halogen m or n (feminine singular halogenă, masculine plural halogeni, feminine/neuter plural halogene)

1. halogenic

Declension

Declension of halogen

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	halogen		halogenă		halogeni	halogene
	definite	halogenul		halogena		halogenii	halogenele
genitive- dative	indefinite	halogen		halogene		halogeni	halogene
	definite	halogenului		halogenei		halogenilor	halogenelor

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English halogen.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /haˈlɔɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /haˈloːɡɛn/, /haˈlɔɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn

Noun

halogen m (plural halogenau, not mutable)

1. (chemistry) halogen
   • 1937, R. O. Davies, Elfennau Cemeg (Elements of Chemistry), University of Wales Press:

     Elfen arall yn perthyn i deulu’r halogenau yw ffluorin.

     "Another element belonging to the halogen family is fluorine."

Related terms

• halid (“halide”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “halogen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies