φθόριο

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French phthore (an obsolete early synonym of fluor) derived drom Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “deterioration”) on account of the corrosive nature of hydrofluoric acid. Russian фтор (ftor) is also from the same root, in contrast to most European languages which use derivatives of fluor.

Noun

φθόριο • (fthório) n (usually uncountable, plural φθόρια)

1. (chemistry) fluorine

Declension

Declension of φθόριο

	singular	plural
nominative	φθόριο •	φθόρια •
genitive	φθορίου •,  φθόριου •	φθορίων •
accusative	φθόριο •	φθόρια •
vocative	φθόριο •	φθόρια •

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Further reading

• φθόριο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el