рентген

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Röntgen, eponym for Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rʲɪnˈɡʲen]

Noun

рентге́н (rentgén) m inan (genitive рентге́на, nominative plural рентге́ны, genitive plural рентге́нов) (read: rengén)

  1. (medicine) X-ray (short wavelength electromagnetic radiation or photograph made with X-rays)
  2. (physics) röntgen (roentgen) (a unit of exposure to ionizing radiation)

Declension

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