oxygène
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See also: oxygéné
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
oxygène m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → 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:
Further reading
- “oxygène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.