oxygène

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔk.si.ʒɛn/ Hyphenation: ox‧y‧gène === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, sour, acid”) + γένος (génos, “birth”). Coined by Antoine de Lavoisier in 1778 under the mistaken assumption that it was a constituent of all acids. ==== Noun ==== oxygène m (countable and uncountable, plural oxygènes) (uncountable) oxygen an atom or a nucleus of oxygen in a molecule ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Armenian: թթվածին (tʻtʻvacin) (calque) → English: oxygen → German: Sauerstoff (calque) → Polish: kwasoród (calque) → Russian: кислоро́д (kisloród) (calque) → Turkish: oksijen === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== oxygène inflection of oxygéner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “oxygène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012