oxygène
See also: oxygéné
French
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Etymology tree
From Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids. Coined by Antoine de Lavoisier in 1778.
Noun
[edit]oxygène m (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: oxygen
- → German: Sauerstoff (calque)
- → Polish: kwasoród (calque)
- → Russian: кислоро́д (kisloród) (calque)
- → Turkish: oksijen
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]oxygène
- inflection of oxygéner:
Further reading
[edit]- “oxygène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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