ozone

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English

Etymology

From German Ozon, coined 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein, from Ancient Greek ὄζον (ózon), neuter participle of ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”), in reference to its pungent odour.

The “fresh air” sense is from an erroneous former belief that seaweed contains and releases ozone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊzoʊn/, /ˈəʊzəʊn/

Noun

ozone (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.

   Hypernym: greenhouse gas
2. (British, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.

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Translations

Verb

ozone (third-person singular simple present ozones, present participle ozoning, simple past and past participle ozoned)

1. (transitive) To treat with ozone.

Further reading

• ozone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “ozone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• nooze

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.zɔn/, /ɔ.zon/, /o.zon/

Noun

ozone m (plural ozones)

1. ozone (O₃)

Derived terms

• couche d’ozone

Descendants

• → Persian: ازن (ozon)

Further reading

• “ozone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.