freon

See also: Freon, freón, and fréon

English

Alternative forms

• Freon

Etymology

A genericization of the Chemours trademark "Freon." According to Flood, the name was formed from freeze and the arbitrary suffix -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːɒn/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɒn

Noun

freon (countable and uncountable, plural freons)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several nonflammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
2. (informal, refrigeration) A gaseous ozone-depleting refrigerant.
3. (informal, environmentalism) A chlorofluorocarbon.

Translations

non-flammable refrigerant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷媒 (zh) (lěngméi)

• Czech: freon (cs) m
• Dutch: freon (nl)
• Esperanto: freono
• Finnish: freoni (fi), freonikaasu
• French: fréon (fr) m
• Polish: freon (pl) m
• Russian: фреон (ru) m (freon)

See also

• CFC

Anagrams

• forne, orfen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrɛon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈfrɛoːn]

Noun

freon m inan

1. freon

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “freon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “freon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreːɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fre‧on

Noun

freon m (plural freonen)

1. Freon

Indonesian

Noun

freon (plural freon-freon)

1. freon

Old English

Verb

frēon (contracted)

1. Alternative form of frēogan

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English freon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛ.ɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɔn
• Syllabification: fre‧on

Noun

freon m inan

1. freon (non-flammable refrigerant)

Declension

Declension of freon

	singular	plural
nominative	freon	freony
genitive	freonu	freonów
dative	freonowi	freonom
accusative	freon	freony
instrumental	freonem	freonami
locative	freonie	freonach
vocative	freonie	freony

Derived terms

(adjective):

• freonowy

Further reading

• freon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• freon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fréon.

Noun

freon m (plural freoni)

1. freon

Declension

Declension of freon

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	freon	freonul		freoni	freonii
genitive-dative	freon	freonului		freoni	freonilor
vocative	freonule			freonilor

West Frisian

FWOTD – 15 July 2013

Etymology

From Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frøə̯n/

Noun

freon c (plural freonen, diminutive freontsje)

1. friend (male)
   • 1978, Nije Fryske Bibeloersetting, 2 Samuel 15:37:

     Sa kaam Davids freon Chûsai yn ’e stêd oan, krekt doe’t Absalom yn Jeruzalem oankaam.

     So David’s friend Hushai came into the city, as Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Derived terms

• freonlike
• freonskip
• freondinne

Further reading

• “freon”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011