Electron

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Interlingua 3.1 Noun 4 Romanian 4.1 Noun

English

Etymology

electric + -on

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /iˈlɛk.tɹɑn/

Noun

electron (plural electrons)

1. The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.

Related terms

• electronic
• electronics

Translations

• Breton: elektron collective noun elektronenn singular f
• Bulgarian: електрон m
• Chinese: 電子 , 电子
• Dutch: electron n
• Esperanto: elektrono
• Finnish: elektroni
• French: électron m
• German: Elektron n
• Greek: ηλεκτρόνιο n (ilektrónio)
• Interlingua: electron
• Italian: elettrone m
• Japanese: 電子 (でんし, denshi)
• Korean: 전자
• Polish: elektron m
• Portuguese: elétron m
• Romanian: electron m
• Russian: электрон m (elektron)
• Spanish: electrón m
• Swedish: elektron c

See also

• neutron
• proton
• Wikipedia article on the electron

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Dutch

Noun

electron n

1. electron

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Interlingua

Noun

electron

1. electron

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Romanian

Noun

electron m

1. electron