halon

See also: Halon and hálón

English

Etymology

Blend of halogen +‎ carbon

Noun

halon (plural halons)

(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (more precisely haloalkane) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens
- 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in New York Times‎:
  The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海龍／海龙 (zh) (hǎilóng), 哈龍／哈龙 (hālóng)
Finnish: haloni (fi)
French: halon (fr) m
German: Halogenwasserstoff m, Halogenkohlenwasserstoff m
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Anagrams

Lohan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ha‧lon
IPA^(key): /ˈhalon/
IPA^(key): /ˈʔalon/ (h-dropping)

Noun

hálon

swallow
Synonym: hamil

Derived terms

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

halon

accusative singular of halo

Finnish

Noun

halon

genitive singular of halko

Noun

halon

genitive singular of halo

Anagrams

alhon, lahon

Hiligaynon

Noun

halón

shadow

Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlon]
Hyphenation: ha‧lon

Noun

halon

superessive singular of hal

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halōną. Cognate to Middle Dutch halen.

Verb

halōn

to call, appoint
to fetch, get

Conjugation

Conjugation of halon (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	halon
1st person singular	halon	haloda
2nd person singular	halos	halodes
3rd person singular	halod	haloda
plural	haliod	halodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	halo	halodi
2nd person singular	halos	halodis
3rd person singular	halo	halodi
plural	halion	halodin
imperative	present
singular	halo
plural	haliod
participle	present	past
	halondi	gihalod, halod

Descendants

Middle Low German: hālen
- Low German: halen

Romanian

Etymology

From French halon.

Noun

halon n (uncountable)

halon

Declension

declension of halon (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) halon	halonul
genitive/dative	(unui) halon	halonului
vocative	halonule

Swedish

Noun

halon c

definite singular of halo.

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