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boron

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boron"

English edit

Chemical element
B
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polycrystalline chunks of β-rhombohedral boron

Etymology edit

From the stem of borax + -on (ending used to form names of substances). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: bôr'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ron

Noun edit

boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)

  2. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.
    • 1976, Allen M[yron] Alper, editor, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology (Refractory Materials; 6), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 106:
      The B6-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.
  3. A single atom of this element.
    • 2001 August 10, J. Akimitsu, K. Takenawa, K. Suzuki, H. Harima, Y. Kuramoto, “High-Temperature Ferromagnetism in CaB2C2”, in Science‎[1], volume 293, number 5532, →DOI, pages 1125–1127:
      For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B6 cluster provide these orbitals.

Derived terms edit

terms derived from boron

Related terms edit

terms related to boron

Translations edit

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Anagrams edit

Esperanto edit

Noun edit

boron

  1. accusative singular of boro

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

bor +‎ -on

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈboron]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ron

Noun edit

boron

  1. superessive singular of bor

Malay edit

 
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Chemical element
B
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From English boron.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

boron (Jawi spelling بورون)

  1. boron (chemical element)

Maltese edit

Chemical element
B
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Next: karbonju (C)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English boron.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

boron m

  1. (chemistry) boron

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.

Verb edit

borōn

  1. to bore

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of borōn (weak class 2)
infinitive borōn
indicative present past
1st person singular borōm, borōn borōta
2nd person singular borōs, borōst borōtōs, borōtōst
3rd person singular borōt borōta
1st person plural borōm, borōmēs borōtum, borōtumēs
2nd person plural borōt borōtut
3rd person plural borōnt borōtun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular boro borōti
2nd person singular borōs, borōst borōtīs
3rd person singular boro borōti
1st person plural borōm, borōmēs borōtīm, borōtīmēs
2nd person plural borōt borōtīt
3rd person plural borōn borōtīn
imperative present
singular boro
plural borōt
participle present past
borōnti giborōt

Descendants edit

  • German: bohren

Welsh edit

Chemical element
B
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Talpiau polygrisialog o foron β-rhombohedrol

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English boron, from borax, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

boron m (uncountable)

  1. boron

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
boron foron moron unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “boron”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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