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oxygen en · NOUN

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[ˈɔ̟ksəd͡ʒən] (New-Zealand)
/ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
/ˈɒksɪd͡ʒən/ (Boston, Canada, Maine)
/ˈɔksɪd͡ʒən/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
/ˈɒksəd͡ʒən/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈɑksəd͡ʒən/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
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/ˈɒksɪd͡ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Borrowed from French oxygène (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier), from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's supposed role in the formation of acids. By surface analysis, oxy- + -gen.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental oxygen to distinguish it from molecular oxygen.
- By molar fraction, calcium oxide contains equal parts calcium and oxygen.
- Holonyms: dioxygen, O₂, oxygen (loose sense)
(countable, qualifier:loose but very common; even in formal use; loose but very common; even in formal use, uncountable) Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
- Meronym: oxygen (strict sense)
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- About 21% of the air you breathe is oxygen.
(countable, uncountable) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe.
(countable) An atom of this element.
- Look first at any structure to see if there is a carbon with two oxygens attached. Hemiacetals, hemiketals, acetals, and ketals are all alike in that regard. 2013, Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry, page 479:
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A condition or environment in which something can thrive.
- Silence is the oxygen of shame.
- They hoped to starve the terrorists of the oxygen of publicity.
- . I found myself longing for more than two minutes with the girlfriend, the ex-wife, the assistant, the board member, let alone one of the many staff at the house – anyone to de-center a perspective that has already claimed far too much oxygen in the public sphere. 2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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Translations (243)

es oxígeno (chemical element) · fur ossigjen (chemical element) · nan-hbl 氧 (chemical element) · ms oksigen (chemical element) · sv syrgas (molecular oxygen) · kk оттегі (chemical element) · hi आक्सीजन (chemical element) · tr müvellidülhumuza (chemical element) · sw oksijeni (chemical element) · bn অম্লজান (chemical element) · de Sauerstoff (chemical element) · ko 산소 (molecular oxygen) · mi hāora (chemical element) · gur mi'ige-walʋm (chemical element) · co ossigenu (chemical element) · sv syre (chemical element) · cv йӳҫлӗк (chemical element) · af suurstof (chemical element) · sq oksigjen (chemical element) · id oksigen (chemical element) · az مولدالحموضه (chemical element) · fa اکسیژن (atom of oxygen) · pa ਆਕਸੀਜਨ (chemical element) · ja 酸素 (chemical element) · fo ilt (chemical element) · la oxygenium (molecular oxygen) · fo súrevni (chemical element) · ga ocsaigin (chemical element) · mh akjijen (atom of oxygen) · gl osíxeno (chemical element) · bo འཚོ་རླུང Literally (chemical element) · my အောက်ဆီဂျင် (chemical element) · ko 산소원자 (atom of oxygen) · fi happiatomi (atom of oxygen) · nan-hbl 氧氣 /氧气 (molecular oxygen) · mh akjijen (chemical element) · acw أكسجين (chemical element) · ur آکسیجن (chemical element) · be тлен (chemical element) · fr oxygène (chemical element) · bo སྲོག་འཛིན་རླུང Literally (chemical element) · oc oxigèn (chemical element) · uk ки́сень (chemical element) · izh kisloroda (chemical element) · frr sörstuf (chemical element) · srn swaskotriki (chemical element) · kw oksyjen (chemical element) · bo སྲོག་རླུང (chemical element) · pt oxigênio (chemical element) · hsb kislik (chemical element) · nl zuurstofatoom (atom of oxygen) · eo oksigeno (chemical element) · be тлен (molecular oxygen) · id zat asam (chemical element) · gmw-cfr Sauerstoff (chemical element) · kmr oksîjen (chemical element) · hu éleny (chemical element) · ur نَسِیم (chemical element) · sgs degounis (chemical element) · pt oxigénio (atom of oxygen) · fy soerstof (chemical element) · da ilt (chemical element) · bo “life-air” (chemical element) · yue 氧氣 /氧气 (molecular oxygen) · vo loxin (chemical element) · tk kislorod (chemical element) · de Sauerstoffatom (atom of oxygen) · lij oscigeno (chemical element) · ca oxigen (chemical element) · uk оксиге́н (chemical element) · fi happi (chemical element) · mk кислород (chemical element) · gv ocsygien (chemical element) · bn অক্সিজেন (chemical element) · hi प्राणवायु (chemical element) · su oksigén (chemical element) · be кісларо́д (chemical element) · ug ئوكسىگېن (chemical element) · de Oxygen (chemical element) · de Sauerstoff (molecular oxygen) · ml ജീവവായു (chemical element) · el οξυγόνο (molecular oxygen) · bg кислоро́д (atom of oxygen) · new अक्सिजन (chemical element) · am ኦክሲጅን (chemical element) · uz кислород (chemical element) · kpv шомвачужысь (chemical element) · te ప్రాణవాయువు (molecular oxygen) · si අම්ලකර (chemical element) · pt oxigênio (atom of oxygen) · sh кѝсӣк (chemical element) · lo ອົກຊີແຊນ (chemical element) · cy ufelai (chemical element) · an ocsichén (chemical element) · lv skābeklis (chemical element) · nan-hbl 酸素 (chemical element) · bo འཚོ་དབུགས Literally (chemical element) · no oksygen (chemical element) · bua хүшэлтүрэгшэ (chemical element) · ast oxíxenu (chemical element) · lt deguonis (chemical element) · pl tlen (molecular oxygen) · uk ки́сень (molecular oxygen) · os туаггуыр (chemical element) · myv чапамо чачтый (chemical element) · izh kisloroda (molecular oxygen) · nn surstoff (chemical element) · ta உயிரியம் (chemical element) · bo “life-supporting air” (chemical element) · ltg skuobeklis (chemical element) · sk kyslík (chemical element) · yi זויערשטאָף (chemical element) · cmn 氧氣 /氧气 (molecular oxygen) · id zat pembakar (chemical element) · pt oxigénio (chemical element) · or ଅମ୍ଳଜାନ (atom of oxygen) · ts moya-tenga (chemical element) · nl zuurstof (molecular oxygen) · ko 산소 (chemical element) · gu પ્રાણવાયુ (chemical element) · or ଅମ୍ଳଜାନ (chemical element) · te ఆక్సిజను (molecular oxygen) · mt ossiġenu (chemical element) · nv níłchʼi yáʼátʼéehii (chemical element) · rgn usìgen (chemical element) · ka ჟანგბადი (chemical element) · yue 氧 (chemical element) · sh кисео̀нӣк (chemical element) · nds-de Suerstoff (chemical element) · shn ဢွၵ်ႉသီႇၵျိၼ်ႇ (chemical element) · he חַמְצָן (chemical element) · csb krziseń (chemical element) · sa अम्लकर (chemical element) · mr प्राणवायू (chemical element) · pl tlen (atom of oxygen) · uz kislorod (chemical element) · ms zat pembakar (chemical element) · lb Sauerstoff (chemical element) · et hapnik (chemical element) · bar Sauastoff (chemical element) · ab аҵәыҵәри (chemical element) · mhr шопештыш (chemical element) · ta ஆக்சிஜன் (chemical element) · yo ọ́síjìn (chemical element) · zu umoyampilo (chemical element) · scn ossìgginu (chemical element) · mn хүчилтөрөгч (chemical element) · sh kìsīk (chemical element) · ja 酸素 (atom of oxygen) · nan-hbl 酸素 (molecular oxygen) · dz སྲོག་རླུང (chemical element) · sk kyslík (molecular oxygen) · cmn 氧 (chemical element) · mel oksijen (chemical element) · li zuurstof (chemical element) · io oxo (chemical element) · ve gesedungi (chemical element) · sh kiseònīk (chemical element) · tl oksiheno (chemical element) · hy թթվածին (chemical element) · sl kisik (chemical element) · nl zuurstof (chemical element) · hu oxigén (chemical element) · pam oxygen (chemical element) · haw ʻokikene (chemical element) · bg кислоро́д (molecular oxygen) · km អុកស៊ីហ្សែន (chemical element) · it ossigeno (chemical element) · gd ogsaidean (chemical element) · xh umongomoya (chemical element) · vi dưỡng khí (chemical element) · da oxygen (chemical element) · hi ऑक्सीजन (chemical element) · ar أُكْسِجِين (chemical element) · hak 氧 (chemical element) · jv zat asam (chemical element) · ja 酸素 (molecular oxygen) · ml പ്രാണവായു (chemical element) · br oksigen (chemical element) · az oksigen (chemical element) · qu muksichaq (chemical element) · be тлен (atom of oxygen) · cy ocsigen (chemical element) · ss umoyakuphila (chemical element) · nn nøre (chemical element) · da ilt (molecular oxygen) · bo “life-breath” (chemical element) · ln oksijɛ́ní (chemical element) · jv oksigen (chemical element) · fi happi (molecular oxygen) · uk оксиге́н (atom of oxygen) · hi जारक (chemical element) · pap oxigeno (chemical element) · om oxygen (chemical element) · xal күчлтөр (chemical element) · sv oxygen (chemical element) · vi ôxy (chemical element) · pap zürstòf (chemical element) · ky кычкылтек (chemical element) · sv syreatom (atom of oxygen) · kl ilti (chemical element) · no surstoff (chemical element) · as অম্লজান (chemical element) · kk оттек (chemical element) · da oxygen (molecular oxygen) · io oxigeno (chemical element) · ml അമ്ലജനകം (chemical element) · ee àgbèyà (chemical element) · el οξυγόνο (atom of oxygen) · pl tlen (chemical element) · kn ಆಮ್ಲಜನಕ (chemical element) · la oxygenium (chemical element) · bg кислоро́д (chemical element) · th ออกซิเจน (chemical element) · ta உயிர்வளி (chemical element) · te ఆక్సిజను (chemical element) · is súrefni (chemical element) · gsw Sauerstoff (chemical element) · tr oksijen (chemical element) · ro oxigen (chemical element) · vep hapanik (chemical element) · fa اکسیژن (molecular oxygen) · ia oxygeno (chemical element) · hu savító (chemical element) · az müvəllidülhümuzə (chemical element) · ps اکسيجن (chemical element) · da oxygenatom (atom of oxygen) · cs kyslík (chemical element) · ga aer-beatha (chemical element) · ml ഓക്സിജൻ (chemical element) · ht oksijèn (chemical element) · fa اکسیژن (chemical element) · de Oxygenium (chemical element) · nn oksygen (chemical element) · te ఆమ్లజని (chemical element) · mdf шапам (chemical element) · ru кислоро́д (chemical element) · eu oxigenoa (chemical element) · sat ᱚᱠᱥᱤᱡᱮᱱ (chemical element) · el οξυγόνο (chemical element) · koi шöмувтыр (chemical element) · ta ஆக்சிசன் (chemical element) · tg оксиген (chemical element)

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