halon

See also: hałōn, Halon, and hálón

English

Etymology

Blend of halogen +‎ carbon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hā′lŏn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn/, (conservative) /ˈheɪ̯.lɔːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ˈheɪ̯.lɔn/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈheɪ̯.lɑn/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn/, (dialectal) /ˈheɪ̯.lɑn/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈhæɪ̯.lɔn/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhæɪ̯.lɒn/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.lɔn/
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

Noun

halon (plural halons)

2. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (more precisely, a haloalkane) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens.

   Synonym: haloalkane

   • 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 December 2024:

     The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.

Translations

hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海龍 / 海龙 (zh) (hǎilóng), 哈龍 / 哈龙 (hālóng)

• Finnish: haloni (fi)
• French: halon (fr) m
• German: Ha­lo­gen­was­ser­stoff m, Halogenkohlenwasserstoff m
• Russian: хладо́н (ru) (xladón), гало́н (ru) (galón)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: halon

See also

• Haloalkane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “halon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Lohan, Holan

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalon/ [ˈha.l̪on̪]

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalon/ [ˈʔa.l̪on̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon
• Homophone: alon

Noun

hálon (Basahan spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. swallow

   Synonym: hamil

Derived terms

• halanohan
• halonan
• halonon
• maghalon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalon/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alon
• Syllabification: ha‧lon
• Hyphenation: hal‧o‧n

Noun

halon

1. accusative singular of halo

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

halon

1. genitive singular of halko

Etymology 2

Noun

halon

1. genitive singular of halo

Etymology 3

Verb

halon

1. first-person singular present indicative of halkoa

Anagrams

• alhon, lahon

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈlon/ [haˈlon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

Noun

halón

1. shadow

   Synonym: landong

Hungarian

Etymology

From hal +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlon]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lon

Noun

halon

1. superessive singular of hal

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *halōn. Cognate to Middle Dutch halen.

Verb

halōn

1. to call, appoint
2. to fetch, get

Conjugation

Conjugation of halon (weak class 2)

infinitive	halon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	halon	haloda
2nd person singular	halos	halodes
3rd person singular	halod	haloda
plural	haliod	halodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	halo	halodi
2nd person singular	halos	halodis
3rd person singular	halo	halodi
plural	halion	halodin
imperative	present
singular	halo
plural	haliod
participle	present	past
	halondi	gihalod, halod

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hālen
  • Low German: halen
  • → Old West Norse: hala
    • Icelandic: hala
    • Faroese: hála
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hala
  • → Old Swedish: hala
    • Swedish: hala
  • → Old Danish: hale
    • Danish: hale

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French halon.

Noun

halon n (uncountable)

1. halon

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	halon	halonul
genitive-dative	halon	halonului
vocative	halonule

Swedish

Noun

halon c

1. definite singular of halo

Welsh

Noun

halon

1. h-prothesized form of alon

Mutation

Mutated forms of alon

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
alon	unchanged	unchanged	halon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.