bromine

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bromine

  • /ˈbɹəʊmiːn UK
  • -mɪn UK
  • -maɪn/ UK
  • /ˈbɹoʊmin/ US

Where it comes from

From obsolete English brome + -ine, this word being from French brome, from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

noun bromines · bromin

  1. uncountable A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
  2. countable A bromine atom.

Similar: muride

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noun nonmetallic chemical element

Españolbromo
한국어취소 chwiso, 브롬 beurom, 브로민 beuromin
日本語臭素 shūso
中文溴 xiù
हिन्दीदुराघ्री durāghrī
Portuguêsbromo
Françaisbrome
DeutschBrom
Italianobromo
Ελληνικάβρόμιο vrómio
Românăbrom
Русскийбром brom
Tiếng Việtbrom
العربيةبُرُوم burūm, بُرُومِين burūmīn
עבריתברום brom

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@misc{bromine_2026,
  title = {bromine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bromine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}