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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "boron"}}
==English==
{{elements|en|B|beryllium|Be|carbon|C}}
{{wikipedia}}
[[File:Boron R105.jpg|thumb|[[Polycrystalline|polycrystalline]] chunks of β-[[rhombohedral]] boron]]

===Etymology===
From the stem of {{m|en|borax}} + {{m|en|-on|pos=ending used to form names of substances}}. {{coin|en|Q131761}} as a modification of his earlier word {{m|en|boracium}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|bôr'ŏn}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-boron.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːɹɒn|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|bo|ron}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# {{senseid|en|Q618}}The [[chemical]] [[element]] (''symbol'' B) with an [[atomic number]] of 5, which is a [[metalloid]] found in its pure form as a [[dark]] [[amorphous]] [[powder]].
#* {{quote-book|en|editor=Allen M[yron] Alper|title=Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology|series=Refractory Materials|seriesvolume=6|location=New York, N.Y.; London|publisher=w:Academic Press|year=1976|page=106|isbn=978-0-323-15575-5|passage=The B<sub>6</sub>-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other '''boron''' atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.}}
# A single [[atom]] of this element.
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=J. Akimitsu; K. Takenawa; K. Suzuki; H. Harima; Y. Kuramoto|title=High-Temperature Ferromagnetism in CaB<sub>2</sub>C<sub>2</sub>|work=[[w:Science (magazine)|Science]]|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/293/5532/1125|date=10 August 2001|volume=293|issue=5532|pages=1125–1127|doi=10.1126/science.1061501|passage=For each X point, four '''borons''' in the same plane composing a B<sub>6</sub> cluster provide these orbitals.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|borole|boronation|boronic|boronlike|boronolectin|borophene|boryl|diboron|eka-boron|ferroboron|nonboron|organoboron|radioboron|tetraboron|triethylboron|aluminium boron oxide
|{{l|en|boron-10}}
|{{l|en|boron-11}}
|{{l|en|boron arsenide}}
|{{l|en|boron carbide}}
|{{l|en|boron chloride}}
|{{l|en|boron deficiency}}
|{{l|en|boron fluoride}}
|{{l|en|boron group}}
|{{l|en|boron hydride}}
|{{l|en|boronic}}
|{{l|en|boronic acid}}
|{{l|en|boron iodide}}
|{{l|en|boron nitride}}
|{{l|en|boron orthophosphate}}
|{{l|en|boron oxide}}
|{{l|en|boron phosphate}}
|{{l|en|boron phosphide}}
|{{l|en|boron tree}}
|{{l|en|boron triiodide}}
|{{l|en|boron sulfide}}, {{l|en|boron sulphide}}
|{{l|en|boron tribromide}}
|{{l|en|boron trichloride}}
|{{l|en|boron trifluoride}}
|{{l|en|boron trioxide}}
|{{l|en|boron triphosphide}}
|{{l|en|ekaboron}}}}

====Related terms====
{{rel-top|terms related to boron}}
* {{l|en|bor-}}
* {{l|en|borane}}
* {{l|en|borate}}
* {{l|en|borax}}
* {{l|en|Borazon}}
* {{l|en|boric}}
* {{l|en|boride}}
* {{l|en|boro-}}
* {{l|en|boruret}}
{{rel-bottom}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|id=Q618|chemical element}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|boor}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|bor|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|بُورُون|m|tr=borun}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բոր}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|boru}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|boroa}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|бор|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বোরন|sc=Beng}}
* Breton: {{t|br|bor}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бор|m}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဘိုရွန်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|bor|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|硼|tr=pang4}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|硼|tr=bèng}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|硼|tr=phìn}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|硼|tr=phêng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|硼|tr=péng}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|бор|sc=Cyrl}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|boron}}
* Corsican: {{t+|co|boru}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|bor|m}}, {{t+|cs|bór|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|bor}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|boor|n}}, {{t+|nl|borium|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|boro}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|boor}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|bor|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|boori}}
* French: {{t+|fr|bore|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|bôr}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|boro|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბორი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Bor|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βόριο|n}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|boron}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|בורון|m}}, {{t+|he|בּוֹר|m|tr=bor}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|टांकण|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bór}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|bór|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|borono}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|boron}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|boro}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|bórón}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|boro|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ホウ素|tr=ほうそ, hōso}}, {{t+|ja|硼素|tr=ほうそ, hōso}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|boron}}
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಬೊರಾನ|sc=Knda}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|bòr|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|бор}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បរ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|붕소(硼素)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|boron}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|бор}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|borium}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|bors|m}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|bolo}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|boras}}
* Low German: {{t|nds|bor}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Bor}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|бор}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|boron}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ബോറോൺ}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|boron}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|boron}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pūtiwha}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|बोरॉन|sc=Deva}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|бор}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|xacoiztatl}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|bor|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|bor|n}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|bòr|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بور|tr=bor}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بور|tr=bor}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|bor|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|boro|m}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਬਰਾਨ}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|boru}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|bor|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бор|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|बोरान}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{t|stq|bor}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bòron}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бор|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|bor|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|boru}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|bór}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|bor}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|boro|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|boroni}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bor|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|boro}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|бор|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|போரான}}, {{t|ta|கார்மம்}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|โบรอน}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཚ་ལ་ནག་པོ}}, {{t|bo|ཚ་ནག}} {{q|abbr. of ཚ་ལ་ནག་པོ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|bor}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|bor}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|бор}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|بور|sc=ug-Arab}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|bor}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bo}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|borin}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|boron}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|boar}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|באָר}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|bor}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|single atom}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[boori]][[atomi]]}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[붕소]][[원자]](硼素原子)}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
{{col4|en
|kernite
|rasorite
|tincal
|ulexite
}}

===References===
* [https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/5/boron Boron] on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's [https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table online periodic table]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=bnoor|Borno|Broon|broon}}

{{C|en|Boron}}

==Cornish==
{{elements|kw|B|berylliom|Be|karbon|C}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|kw|en|boron}}.

===Noun===
{{kw-noun|m}}

# [[boron]]

{{C|kw|Chemical elements}}

==Esperanto==

===Noun===
{{eo-head}}

# {{eo-form of|bor|on}}

==Hungarian==

===Etymology===
{{affix|hu|bor|-on|nocat=y}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|hu|bo|ron}}

===Noun===
{{head|hu|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|hu|bor||spe|s}}

==Malay==
{{wikipedia|lang=ms}}
{{elements|ms|B|berilium|Be|karbon|C}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|ms|en|boron}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|/bɔrɔn/}}
* {{rhymes|ms|rɔn|ɔn}}

===Noun===
{{ms-noun|j=بورون}}

# {{l|en|boron}} {{gloss|chemical element}}

==Maltese==
{{elements|mt|B|berillju|Be|karbonju|C}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|mt|en|boron}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/ˈbɔ.rɔn/}}

===Noun===
{{mt-noun|g=m}}

# {{lb|mt|chemical element}} {{l|en|boron}}

==Old High German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*borōn}}, from {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*burōną}}, whence also Old English {{m|ang|borian}}, Old Norse {{m|non|bora}}.

===Verb===
{{goh-verb|head=borōn}}

# to [[bore]]

====Conjugation====
{{goh-conj-wk2|bor}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|de|bohren}}

==Welsh==
{{elements|cy|B|beryliwm|Be|carbon|C}}
{{wikipedia|lang=cy}}
[[File:Boron R105.jpg|thumb|Talpiau polygrisialog o foron β-rhombohedrol]]

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|cy|en|boron}}, from {{m|en|borax}}, from {{der|cy|xno|boreis}}, from {{der|cy|ML.|baurach||borax}}, from {{der|cy|ar|بَوْرَق}}, from {{der|cy|pal|bwlk'|tr=bōrag}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/ˈbɔrɔn/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/ˈboːrɔn/|/ˈbɔrɔn/|a=cy-S}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ɔrɔn|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|-}}

# [[boron]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|cy
|boron nitrid<t:boron nitride>
|boron nitrid ciwbig<t:cubic boron nitride>
|boron nitrid hecsagonol<t:hexagonal boron nitride>
|boron trifflworid<t:boron trifluoride>
|nanodiwb boron nitrideg<t:boron nitride nanotub(ul)e>
}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}