חמצן

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חמצן

/χamˈt͡san/ Modern Israeli

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Coined by rabbi and Zionist writer Yehiel Mikhal Pines, from ח־מ־ץ (kh-m-ts, forming words relating to souring) + ־ן (-n), ultimately calque of French oxygène via German Sauerstoff, which a modern coinage from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”).

noun חַמְצָן · khamtsán

oxygen (the chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994) כי לפי דעתי יש להשתמש בר״ת במקום שאנו צריכים לשם מיוחד המורה על מרכבה של מינים רבים והיה לנו השם „פ״מ“ תחת „פחמן מימן“ ושם „פח״מ“ תחת „פחמן חמצן מימן“ כיו״ב.

In English

oxygen chemical element
oxidize to increase the valence

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {חמצן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}