freon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Genericization of the Chemours trademark "Freon." According to Flood, the name was formed from freeze and the arbitrary suffix -on.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹiːɒn/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -iɒn
Noun
freon (countable and uncountable, plural freons)
- (organic chemistry) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
- (refrigeration, slang) A gaseous ozone-depleting refrigerant
- (environmentalism, slang) A chlorofluorocarbon
Translations
See also
References
- Flood, W.E., The Origins of Chemical Names, London: Oldbourne Book Co., 1963.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfrɛon]
- IPA(key): [ˈfrɛoːn]
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfreːɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fre‧on
Indonesian
Old English
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɛ.ɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɔn
- Syllabification: fre‧on
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- freonowy
Romanian
West Frisian
FWOTD – 15 July 2013
Etymology
From Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frøə̯n/
Noun
freon c (plural freonen, diminutive freontsje)
- friend (male)
- 1978, Nije Fryske Bibeloersetting, 2 Samuel 15:37:
- Sa kaam Davids freon Chûsai yn ’e stêd oan, krekt doe’t Absalom yn Jeruzalem oankaam.
- So David’s friend Hushai came into the city, as Absalom came into Jerusalem.
Derived terms
- freonlike
- freonskip
- freondinne
Further reading
- “freon”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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