different between silex vs silicon

English

Etymology

From Latin silex.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sa?l?ks/

Noun

silex (countable and uncountable, plural silexes)

1. (archaic) Flint.
2. A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
   • 1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow in The Atlantic

     Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.

Anagrams

• lexis

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.l?ks/

Noun

silex m (plural silex)

1. flint

Further reading

• “silex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• exils

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Sometimes compared to sil?g? and siliqua, both of unclear origin as well. De Vaan suggests that these are derivatives of silex, which have undergone a semantic shift “pebble” > “small pod”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?si.leks/, [?s?????ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.leks/, [?si?l?ks]

Noun

silex m or f (genitive silicis); third declension

1. pebble, stone, flint
2. rock, crag
3. lava

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• silex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• silex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• silex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “silex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 564

Romanian

Etymology

From French silex, from Latin silex.

Noun

silex n (plural silexuri)

1. flint

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?l'?k?n, IPA^(key): /?s?l?k?n/; enPR: s?l'?k?n, IPA^(key): /?s?l?k?n/

Etymology 1

Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon.

Noun

silicon (usually uncountable, plural silicons)

2. (chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) silicium, (obsolete) silicum

3. (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.

Usage notes

Do not confuse silicon with silicone.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• agate
• amethyst
• asbestos
• clay
• feldspar
• flint
• glass
• granite
• hornblende
• jasper
• mica
• opal
• quartz
• rock crystal
• sand

Etymology 2

From the silicon chips used in computers

Noun

silicon (uncountable)

1. (slang) computing
2. (slang) computer processor
3. Abbreviation of silicon chip.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Silicon”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “silicon”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French silicone.

Noun

silicon m (plural siliconi)

1. (chemistry) silicone

Declension

Noun

silicon n (plural silicoane)

1. (informal, chiefly in the plural) breast implant

Declension

Related terms

• siliciu