halon

Blend of halogen +‎ carbon

halon (plural halons)

1. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (more precisely haloalkane) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens

   Synonym: haloalkane

   • 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

• Haloalkane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Lohan, Holan

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalon/ [ˈha.l̪on̪]

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalon/ [ˈʔa.l̪on̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon
• Homophone: alon

hálon (Basahan spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. swallow

   Synonym: hamil

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halon

1. accusative singular of halo

halon

1. genitive singular of halko

halon

1. genitive singular of halo

halon

1. first-person singular present indicative of halkoa

• alhon, lahon

• IPA^(key): /haˈlon/ [haˈlon]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

halón

1. shadow

   Synonym: landong

hal +‎ -on

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

halon

1. superessive singular of hal

From Proto-West Germanic *halōn. Cognate to Middle Dutch halen.

halōn

1. to call, appoint
2. to fetch, get

• Middle Low German: hālen
  • Low German: halen

Borrowed from French halon.

halon n (uncountable)

1. halon

halon c

1. definite singular of halo