hidrógeno

See also: hidrogeno and hidrogenó

Spanish

Chemical element
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Etymology

Borrowed from French hydrogène. Coined by Lavoisier and his team, from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) (from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)) + -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”) (from γεννάω (gennáō, “to bring forth”)). By surface analysis, hidro- +‎ -geno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdɾoxeno/ [iˈð̞ɾo.xe.no]

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• Rhymes: -oxeno
• Syllabification: hi‧dró‧ge‧no

Noun

hidrógeno m (plural hidrógenos)

1. hydrogen

Derived terms

• bomba de hidrógeno
• hidrogenar
• peróxido de hidrógeno

Descendants

• → Tagalog: idroheno

Further reading

• “hidrógeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• hidrógeno on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es