boron

== English == === Etymology === From the stem of borax (boro-) + -on (based on carbon). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium. === Pronunciation === enPR: bôr'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/ (Indic) IPA(key): /bo.rɔn/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn Hyphenation: bo‧ron === Noun === boron (usually uncountable, plural borons) 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. A single atom of this element. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === Boron on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table === Anagrams === Borno, Broon, broon == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English boron. === Noun === boron m (uncountable) boron === Mutation === == Esperanto == === Noun === boron accusative singular of boro == Hungarian == === Etymology === bor +‎ -on === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈboron] Hyphenation: bo‧ron === Noun === boron superessive singular of bor == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === B (initialism) === Etymology === Internationalism. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈboron/ [ˈbo.rɔn] Rhymes: -oron Syllabification: bo‧ron === Noun === boron (plural boron-boron) (chemistry) boron === Further reading === “boron”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === From English boron. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔrɔn/ Rhymes: -rɔn, -ɔn === Noun === boron (Jawi spelling بورون, plural boron-boron or boron2) boron (chemical element) == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English boron. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.rɔn/ Rhymes: -ɔrɔn === Noun === boron m (chemistry) boron == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora. === Verb === borōn to bore ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: bohren == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English boron, from borax, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɔn/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈboːrɔn/, /ˈbɔrɔn/ Rhymes: -ɔrɔn === Noun === boron m (uncountable) boron ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === 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