brome

common noun

borrowed from Latin bromus (stench) due to its pungent odor. It was initially named muride in 1826 by Antoine-Jérôme Balard who discovered it (at the same time as Carl Löwig), before the Academy imposed the current form.

Definitions

chimie
botanique

Synonyms

muridedibromedrone

Plural

bromes

Hyperonyms

élément chimiquehalogèneherbacéepoacéeplante

Anagram

ombre

Translations

  • germangerman:Trespen
  • englishenglish:brome
  • chinesechinese:溴
  • koreankorean:브롬
  • danishdanish:brom
  • spanishspanish:bromo
  • finnishfinnish:bromi
  • greekgreek:βρώμιο
  • italianitalian:forasacco
  • japanesejapanese:臭素
  • dutchdutch:dravik
  • polishpolish:brom
  • portugueseportuguese:bromo
  • swedishswedish:brom

See also

bromes (v.) bromite (cn.) bromique (adj.) bromisme (cn.)