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noun, masculine

hidrógeno

/iˈdɾoxeno/

noun, masculine/iˈdɾoxeno/plural: hidrógenos

hydrogen

Related: bomba de hidrógeno, hidrogenar, peróxido de hidrógeno

Borrowed from French hydrogène. Coined by Lavoisier and his team, from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) (from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)) + -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”) (from γεννάω (gennáō, “to bring forth”)). By surface analysis, hidro- + -geno.