freon

• Freon

Genericization of the Chemours trademark "Freon"

freon (countable and uncountable, plural freons)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
2. (refrigeration, slang) A gaseous ozone-depleting refrigerant
3. (environmentalism, slang) A chlorofluorocarbon

• CFC

• forne, orfen

freon m

1. freon

• freon in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• freon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreːɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fre‧on

freon m (plural freonen)

1. Freon

From Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

• IPA^(key): /frøə̯n/

freon c (plural freonen, diminutive freontsje)

1. friend (male)
   • 1978, Nije Fryske Bibeloersetting, 2 Samuel 15:37:

     Sa kaam Davids freon Chûsai yn ’e stêd oan, krekt doe’t Absalom yn Jeruzalem oankaam.

     So David’s friend Hushai came into the city, as Absalom came into Jerusalem.

• freonlike
• freonskip
• freondinne

• “freon”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011