oxygène

See also: oxygéné

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔk.si.ʒɛn/
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  • Hyphenation: ox‧y‧gène

Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?
    Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
    Proto-Hellenic *génos
    Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
    French oxygène

    From Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, sour, acid”) + γένος (génos, “birth”). Coined by Antoine de Lavoisier in 1778 under the mistaken assumption that it was a constituent of all acids.

    Noun

    oxygène m (countable and uncountable, plural oxygènes)

    1. (uncountable) oxygen
    2. an atom or a nucleus of oxygen in a molecule
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Armenian: թթվածին (tʻtʻvacin) (calque)
    • → English: oxygen
    • → German: Sauerstoff (calque)
    • → Polish: kwasoród (calque)
    • → Russian: кислоро́д (kisloród) (calque)
    • → Turkish: oksijen

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    oxygène

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

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