fluorine
/ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin
fluorine noun: the chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
Noun
fluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)
- The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
- an octahedron of fluorines
- An atom of this element.
fluorine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fluorine in Hindi
- chemical element
- तरस्विनी tarasvinī
fluorine in Tamil
- chemical element
- ஃவுளூரின் ḥvuḷūriṉ, வினைவியம் viṉaiviyam, புளோரின் puḷōriṉ
fluorine in Marathi
- chemical element
- फ्लोरिन phlorin
fluorine in Urdu
- chemical element
- فلورین florīn
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- fluorine in Bengali
- ফ্লুরিন phlurin
- fluorine in Telugu
- ఫ్లోరీను phlōrīnu
- fluorine in Malayalam
- ഫ്ലൂറിൻ phlūṟiṉ
- fluorine in Kannada
- ಫ್ಲೂರೀನ್ phlūrīn
- fluorine in Punjabi
- ਫਲੋਰੀਨ phlōrīn
- fluorine in Gujarati
- તરસ્વિની tarasvinī
- fluorine in Arabic
- فُلُور fulūr
- fluorine in Malay
- fluorin
- fluorine in Indonesian
- fluor
- fluorine in Persian
- فلوئور folu'or, felo'or, flu'or
- fluorine in Thai
- ฟลูออรีน fluu-ɔɔ-riin
- fluorine in Vietnamese
- flo
Synonyms of fluorine
Forms of fluorine
| plural | fluorines |
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Origin of fluorine
From Latin fluor (“flow”) + English -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
Words formed from fluorine
Phrases with fluorine
Questions about fluorine
- What does fluorine mean?
- Fluorine means the chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
- What is fluorine in Hindi?
- Fluorine in Hindi is तरस्विनी (tarasvinī). See Fluorine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fluorine?
- Fluorine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fluorine?
- Fluorine is pronounced /ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin (US).
- What is the plural of fluorine?
- The plural of fluorine is fluorines.
Words near fluorine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fluorine (page history and authors); ఫ్లోరీను (Telugu) (page history and authors); તરસ્વિની (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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