biohydrogen

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noun

hydrogen produced biologically (mostly by bacteria) as a biofuel

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounbiohydrogen (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehydrogen produced biologically (mostly by bacteria) as a biofuel

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  6. Frenchhydro-
  7. Frenchhydrogène
  8. Englishhydrogen
  9. Englishbiohydrogen

From bio- + hydrogen.

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Translations

French biohydrogène
  • biohydrogènebiologically-produced hydrogen
German Biowasserstoff
  • Biowasserstoffbiologically-produced hydrogen
Greek βιοϋδρογόνο
  • βιοϋδρογόνο (vioÿdrogóno)biologically-produced hydrogen
Italian bioidrogeno
  • bioidrogenobiologically-produced hydrogen
Polish biowodór
  • biowodórbiologically-produced hydrogen
Russian биоводоро́д
  • биоводоро́д (biovodoród)biologically-produced hydrogen
Spanish biohidrógeno
  • biohidrógenobiologically-produced hydrogen
Ukrainian біово́день
  • біово́день (biovódenʹ)biologically-produced hydrogen
Cite this entry
APA

biohydrogen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biohydrogen

MLA

“biohydrogen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biohydrogen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biohydrogen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biohydrogen.

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