Definition
A group of highly reactive chemical elements including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine that form salts with metals.
Etymology
From Greek 'hals' (salt) + 'genos' (generating/producing). Coined in the 1820s when chemists recognized that these elements all formed salts similarly.
Kelly Says
Halogens are chemistry's drama queens—they're so reactive that they almost never exist alone in nature, and fluorine is so desperately reactive it will attack almost anything including glass, which is why scientists had to invent special containers just to study it.
Translations
ARالعربية
هالوجينات
ha-lo-jeen-at
BNবাংলা
হ্যালোজেন
halo-jen
CACatalà
halogens
ha-lo-gens
CSČeština
halogeny
ha-lo-gen-y
DADansk
halogener
ha-lo-ge-ner
DEDeutsch
Halogene
ha-lo-ge-ne
ELΕλληνικά
αλογόνα
a-lo-go-na
ESEspañol
halógenos
a-lo-je-nos
FISuomi
halogeeni
ha-lo-ge-eni
FRFrançais
halo gènes
a-lo-je-n
HEעברית
הלוגנים
he-lo-gan-im
HIहिन्दी
हैलोजन
ha-i-lo-jan
HUMagyar
halogenok
ha-lo-ge-nok
IDBahasa Indonesia
halogin
ha-lo-gin
ITItaliano
alogeni
a-lo-ge-ni
KKKK
галогендер
halogen-der
MSBahasa Melayu
halogen
ha-lo-gen
MYမြန်မာ
ဟာလိုဂျင်
ha-lo-jin
NLNederlands
halogeen
ha-lo-geen
NONorsk
halogener
ha-lo-ge-ner
PLPolski
halogheny
ha-lo-ghen-y
PTPortuguês
halogénios
a-lo-je-nios
RORomână
halojeni
ha-lo-je-ni
RUРусский
галогены
halogen-y
SVSvenska
halogener
ha-lo-ge-ner
SWKiswahili
halogen
ha-lo-gen
TAதமிழ்
ஹாலோஜென்
ha-lo-jen
TEతెలుగు
హలోజెన్
ha-lo-jen
TRTürkçe
halojenler
ha-lo-jen-ler
UKУкраїнська
галогени
halogen-i
URاردو
ہالوجین
ha-lo-jeen
VITiếng Việt
halogen
ha-lo-gen