# xenon
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈziːnɒn/
* (US) enPR: zē'nŏn, IPA: /ˈzinɑn/; enPR: zē'nən, IPA: /zinən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /zenɔn/; IPA: /zɪinɔn/
* Rhymes: -iːnɒn
* Hyphenation: xe‧non

### Noun

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenons)
* The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

#### Derived terms

* perxenate
* xenon arc lamp
* xenon chloride
* xenon difluoride
* xenon flash lamp
* xenon fluoride
* xenon hexafluoride
* xenon hexafluoroplatinate
* xenon lamp
* xenon light
* xenon tetrafluoride
* xenon tetroxide
* xenon trioxide

#### Translations
### References

* Xenon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

### Anagrams

* xenno-, Noxen

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: xe‧non

### Noun

xenon (uncountable)
* xenon

#### Hypernyms

* edelgas

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈksɛnon]
* IPA: [ˈksɛnoːn]
* Hyphenation: xe‧non

### Noun

xenon m inan
* xenon

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon).

### Noun

xenon c or n (definite singular xenonen or xenonet, singulare tantum)
* xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

#### Declension
### References

* “xenon” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English xenon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkseː.nɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: xe‧non

### Noun

xenon n (uncountable)
* xenon

#### Derived terms

* xenongas

## Galician
### Noun

xenon m (uncountable)
* xenon

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈksɛnon]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: xe‧non
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenonok)
* xenon (chemical element)

#### Derived terms

* xenon villanólámpa

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

### Noun

xenon n (genitive singular xenons, no plural)
* xenon (chemical element)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “xenon” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Latin
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), which is the neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkse.non/, [ˈks̠ɛnɔn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkse.non/, [ˈksɛːnon]

### Noun

xenon n (genitive xenī); second declension
* xenon

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

### References

* “xenon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* xenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “xenon”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
* “xenon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Malay
### Etymology

From English xenon, from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zenɔn], [zinɔn]
* Rhymes: -nɔn, -ɔn
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

xenon
* xenon (chemical element)

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian xenon.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈxeːnon/

### Noun

xēnon
* xenon

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)
* xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)
* xenon (as above)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French xénon or German Xenon.

### Noun

xenon n (uncountable)
* xenon

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

xenon n (uncountable)
* xenon

#### Derived terms

* xenonlampa

### References

* xenon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* xenon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* xenon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From French xénon, from English xenon.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [se˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [sej˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [sej˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: xê nông

### Noun

xenon
* xenon