oxygène

See also: oxygéné

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔk.si.ʒɛn/
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Noun

oxygène m (uncountable)

oxygen

Verb

oxygène

inflection of oxygéner:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: oxygen
→ German: Sauerstoff (calque)
→ Polish: kwasoród (calque)
→ Turkish: oksijen

Further reading

“oxygène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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