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German
Etymology
This, as in the same decade Zirkonium, has been formed artificially by Abraham Gottlob Werner in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn) and then this mineral and metal name spread from German into all European languages and the world.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zirkon m (strong, genitive Zirkons, plural Zirkone)
- zircon
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “Zirkon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zirkon” in Duden online