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graphene

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡɹæf.iːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graph(ite) French -ènebor. English -ene English graphene From graph(ite) + -ene.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قرافين — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Azerbaijani: qrafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Basque: grafeno — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Belarusian: графен (hrafjen) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Bulgarian: графен (grafen) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Catalan: grafè — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石墨烯 (shímòxī) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Czech: grafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Danish: grafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Esperanto: grafeno — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Estonian: grafeen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Finnish: grafeeni — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • French: graphène — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • German: Graphen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Greek: γραφένιο (grafénio) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Hebrew: גרפן — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Hindi: ग्रेफीन (grephīn) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Hungarian: grafén — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Icelandic: grafín — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Indonesian: grafena — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Italian: grafene — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Japanese: グラフェン (gurafen) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Kazakh: графен (grafen) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Korean: 그래핀 (geuraepin) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Latvian: grafēns — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രാഫീൻ (grāphīṉ) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Māori: karawhīni — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Persian: گرافن (gerâfen) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Polish: grafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Portuguese: grafeno — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Romanian: grafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Russian: графе́н (grafén) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Serbo-Croatian: графен — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Serbo-Croatian: grafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Spanish: grafeno — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Swedish: grafen — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Tamil: கிராபீன் (kirāpīṉ) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite
  • Ukrainian: графен (hrafen) — large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite