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Hebrew
Etymology
From ח־מ־ץ (kh-m-ts, “forming words relating to souring”) + ־ן (-n), ultimately calque of French oxygène, a modern coinage from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”).
Noun
חַמְצָן • (khamtzán) m
- oxygen (the chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994)
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