cloro

See also: cloró and cloro-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈklɔ.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈklɔ.ɾo]

Verb

cloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of clorar

Galician

Noun

cloro m (uncountable)

1. chlorine

Italian

Chemical element
Cl
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Next: argon (Ar)

Etymology

From New Latin chlorum, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: clò‧ro

Noun

cloro m (plural clori)

1. (chemistry) chlorine

Related terms

• cloralio (“chloral”)
• clorammina (“chloramine”)
• clorato (“chlorate”)
• clorazione (“chlorination”)
• clorico (“chloric”)
• cloridrato (“hydrochloride”)
• cloridrico (“hydrochloric”)
• clorito (“chlorite”)
• cloro- (“chloro-”)
• cloroformio (“chloroform”)
• clorurare (“chlorinate”)
• cloruro (“chloride”)

 

Anagrams

• color

Portuguese

Chemical element
Cl
Previous: enxofre (S)
Next: árgon, argónio (Ar)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: clo‧ro

Noun

cloro m (plural cloros)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) chlorine
2. an atom of chlorine

Related terms

• anticloro
• clorar
• cloreto
• clórico
• clorídrico
• clorofórmio

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of clorar

Spanish

Chemical element
Cl
Previous: azufre (S)
Next: argón (Ar)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloɾo/ [ˈklo.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: clo‧ro

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green, yellowish-green”).

Noun

cloro m (plural cloros)

1. chlorine
2. bleach

Derived terms

• clorar (verb)
• clorato m
• clorina f
• cloruro m

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of clorar

Further reading

• “cloro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• color, corló, corlo, locro

Venetan

Noun

cloro m (plural clori)

1. chlorine

Related terms

• cloruro