fluoro

See also: fluoro-

English

Etymology

From fluor(escent) +‎ -o.

Noun

fluoro (plural fluoros)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A fluorescent light.
   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 27:

     She held her grey felt hat in her hand, slapping the flat brim lightly against her leg as she walked, her tinted hair gleaming under the fluoros.

   • 2009 January 25, Dr Cindy Pan, “Living with epilepsy”, in Herald Sun‎:

     About one in 20 epilepsy sufferers are sensitive to flashing lights, which can include strobe lighting or flickering fluoros […] .

Adjective

fluoro (comparative more fluoro, superlative most fluoro)

1. (chiefly Australia) Fluorescent.
   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 150:

     And yes, as he peers beyond a boulder, down in the hollow he can make out two figures in khaki moving around a fluoro orange tent.

Related terms

• bromochlorofluoroiodomethane
• bromodifluoromethane
• bromofluoromethane
• chlorotetrafluorosilicate
• dibromodifluoromethane
• dichlorodifluorosilane
• difluoro
• fluoroboric
• hexafluoro
• hexafluorodisilane
• hydrofluoroolefin
• octafluoro
• perfluoro
• polyfluoro
• tetrafluoro
• tetrafluoroethylene
• trifluoroiodomethane

See also

• fluoro acid air

Catalan

Verb

fluoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of fluorar

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

fluoro

Wikipedia ^eo

Chemical element
F
Previous: oksigeno (O)
Next: neono (Ne)

Etymology

Derived from Latin fluor (“flow”). Doublet of flui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluˈoro/

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• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: flu‧o‧ro

Noun

fluoro (uncountable, accusative fluoron)

1. (chemistry) fluorine

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto fluoro, from Italian fluoro.

Noun

fluoro (uncountable)

1. fluorine

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

fluoro

Wikipedia ^it

Chemical element
F
Previous: ossigeno (O)
Next: neon (Ne)

Etymology

From Latin fluor (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluˈɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: flu‧ò‧ro

Noun

fluoro m (plural fluori)

1. (chemistry) fluorine

Related terms

• fluorannite
• fluorapatite
• fluorapofillite (“fluorapophyllite”)
• fluorcafite (“fluorcaphite”)
• fluorellestadite
• fluoridrico (“hydrofluoric”)
• fluorite
• fluoruro (“fluoride”)
• fluorvesuvianite

Anagrams

• Rufolo, rufolo

Latin

Noun

fluōrō

1. dative/ablative singular of fluōrum

Portuguese

Verb

fluoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of fluorar

Spanish

Verb

fluoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of fluorar

Venetan

Noun

fluoro m (plural fluori)

1. fluorine