selen-

See also: selen, Selen, and selén

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕlēn, sĭlēn, IPA^(key): /sɛliːn/, /sɪliːn/

Prefix

selen-

1. moon
2. Moon

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with selen-

Derived terms

• selenarch (science fiction) →
  • selenarchy
• selenian (rare)
• selenic (rare) →
  • geoselenic
• selenigenous (rare)
• selenocentric
• selenodesy (astronomy) →
  • selenodetic
• selenograph
• selenography →
  • selenographic
  • selenographer
• selenolatry
• selenology →
  • selenological →
    • selenologically
  • selenologic
  • selenologist
• selenoscope (rare)
• selenotopography (rare) →
  • selenotopographic
  • selenotopographical

Related terms

Terms related by derivation from σελήνη (selēnē, “moon”), but not via selenium

• panselene (obsolete, rare)
• paraselene (meteorology) →
  • paraselenic
• proselenic (obsolete, rare)
• Selene
• Selenite
  • selenitic (rare)
• selenite (mineralogy and chemistry) →
  • baroselenite (mineralogy, obsolete)
  • selenitic
  • selenitical (obsolete)
  • selenitiferous
  • selenitish (rare)
  • selenitous (obsolete, rare)
• selenites (obsolete)
• selenium (chemistry) →
  • metallic selenium
  • selenium cell
  • selenium eye
  • for non-phrasal derivations, see below
• selenodont →
  • tetraselenodont
• selenography →
  • selenographer
  • selenographic
  • selenographical
  • selenographist
• selenotropic (botany) →
  • selenotropism
  • selenotropy

Translations

moon

• Italian: seleno- (it)
• Spanish: selen- (es), seleno- (es)

See also

• areo-
• geo-

Etymology 2

From German Selen (“selenium”); as above, also ultimately from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕlən, IPA^(key): /sɛlən/

Prefix

selen-

1. (productive in mineralogy; no longer productive in chemistry) (containing) selenium

Synonyms

• (chemistry): selenio- (productive)
• (chemistry): seleno-

Derived terms

mineralogy

• selencuprite (obsolete)
• selenpalladite (obsolete)
• selenpalladium (obsolete)
• selensilver (obsolete)
• selensulphur
• selentellurium

 

Derived terms in chemistry

• selenaldine
• selenethyl
• selenhydrate
• selenhydric

 

(Derived terms in other fields):

• selenosis

Related terms

Terms related by derivation from selenium

• selenate (chemistry)
• selenic (chemistry) →
  • hydroselenic →
    • hydroselenate
    • hydroselenic acid
    • hydroselenuret
  • selenic acid
• selenide (chemistry)
  • chlorine selenide
  • diselenide
  • hydrogen selenide
  • monoselenide
  • pentaselenide
  • triselenide
• seleniet (chemistry, obsolete) →
  • selenietted (obsolete, rare)
• seleniferous
• selenio- (chemistry) →
  • seleniocyanate
  • seleniocyanic
  • seleniocyanide
  • seleniocyanogen
  • seleniocyanuret
• selenious (chemistry) →
  • selenious acid
• selenite (chemistry) →
  • marine selenite (chemistry, obsolete, rare)
• seleniuret (chemistry; now rare) →
  • protoseleniuret (obsolete)
  • seleniuretted →
    • seleniuretted hydrogen
• selenyl (chemistry)

Translations

(containing) selenium

• Italian: seleno- (it)

References

• “selen-, prefix” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• Elsen, Leens, Neels, elsen, lenes, lense