Meanings
plural fluorines
- uncountablechemistryThe 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
- countablechemistryAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluorine
From Latin fluor (“flow”) + English -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans fluoor
- fluoorchemical element
Arabic فُلُور
- فُلُور (fulūr)chemical element
Basque fluoroa
- fluoroachemical element
Bengali ফ্লুরিন
- ফ্লুরিন (phlurin)chemical element
Bulgarian флуо́р
- флуо́р (fluór)chemical element
Catalan fluor
- fluorchemical element
Chinese Mandarin 氟
- 氟 (fú)chemical element
Czech fluor
- fluorchemical element
Danish fluor
- fluorchemical element
Dutch fluor
- fluorchemical element
Esperanto fluoro
- fluorochemical element
Estonian fluor
- fluorchemical element
Finnish fluori
- fluorichemical element
French fluor, phthore
- fluorchemical element
- phthorechemical element
German Fluor
- Fluorchemical element
Greek φθόριο
- φθόριο (fthório)chemical element
Hawaiian fluorine
- fluorinechemical element
Hebrew פלואור
- פלואור (fluor)chemical element
Hindi तरस्विनी
- तरस्विनी (tarasvinī)chemical element
Hungarian fluor
- fluorchemical element
Icelandic flúor, flúr
- flúorchemical element
- flúrchemical element
Indonesian fluor
- fluorchemical element
Irish fluairín
- fluairínchemical element
Italian fluoro
- fluorochemical element
Japanese フッ素, 弗素
- フッ素 (fusso)chemical element
- 弗素 (fusso)chemical element
- フッソ (fusso)chemical element
- 氟素 (fusso)chemical element
Korean 불소, 플루오르
- 불소 (bulso)chemical element
- 플루오르 (peulluoreu)chemical element
- 플루오린 (peulluorin)chemical element
Latin fluorum
- fluorumchemical element
Latvian fluors
- fluorschemical element
Lithuanian fluoras
- fluoraschemical element
Malay fluorin
- fluorinchemical element
Māori pūkōwhai
- pūkōwhaichemical element
Norwegian Bokmål fluor
- fluorchemical element
Persian فلوئور
- فلوئور (folu'or, felo'or, flu'or)chemical element
Polish fluor
- fluorchemical element
Portuguese flúor
- flúorchemical element
Punjabi ਫਲੋਰੀਨ
- ਫਲੋਰੀਨ (phlōrīn)chemical element
Romanian fluor
- fluorchemical element
Russian фтор
- фтор (ftor)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic fluorain
- fluorainchemical element
Slovak fluór
- fluórchemical element
Spanish flúor
- flúorchemical element
Swahili florini
- florinichemical element
Swedish fluor
- fluorchemical element
Tamil ஃவுளூரின், வினைவியம்
- ஃவுளூரின் (ḥvuḷūriṉ)chemical element
- வினைவியம் (viṉaiviyam)chemical element
- புளோரின் (puḷōriṉ)chemical element
Thai ฟลูออรีน
- ฟลูออรีน (fluu-ɔɔ-riin)chemical element
Turkish flor
- florchemical element
Ukrainian фтор
- фтор (ftor)chemical element
Urdu فلورین
- فلورین (florīn)chemical element
Vietnamese flo
- flochemical element
Welsh fflworin
- fflworinchemical element
Cite this entry
fluorine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorine
“fluorine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluorine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorine.
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