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Chemical element
B
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polycrystalline chunks of β-rhombohedral boron

Etymology

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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.

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boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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Esperanto

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boron

  1. accusative singular of boro

Hungarian

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Etymology

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bor +‎ -on

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

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boron

  1. superessive singular of bor

Malay

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Chemical element
B
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From English boron.

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boron (Jawi spelling بورون)

  1. boron (chemical element)

Maltese

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Chemical element
B
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Borrowed from English boron.

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boron m

  1. (chemistry) boron

Old High German

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Etymology

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

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borōn

  1. to bore

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  • German: bohren

Welsh

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Chemical element
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Talpiau polygrisialog o foron β-rhombohedrol

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

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boron m (uncountable)

  1. boron

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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.

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  • 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