Phrase guide

Higgs boson

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An elementary particle in the Standard Model, namely a boson with zero spin, that gives mass to other particles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: God particle, Higgs particle, Higgson

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Higgs + boson; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with proposing what is now called the Higgs mechanism. Korean-American theoretical physicist Benjamin W. Lee is generally credited with having coined the term.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُوزُون هِيغْز (bōzōn higz) — elementary particle
  • Armenian: Հիգսի բոզոն (Higsi bozon) — elementary particle
  • Bulgarian: Хигс бозо́н (Higs bozón) — elementary particle
  • Catalan: bosó de Higgs — elementary particle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 希格斯玻色子 (Xīgésī bōsèzi) — elementary particle
  • Czech: Higgsův boson — elementary particle
  • Dutch: Higgsboson — elementary particle
  • Dutch: Higgsdeeltje — elementary particle
  • Finnish: Higgsin bosoni — elementary particle
  • French: boson de Higgs — elementary particle
  • German: Higgs-Boson — elementary particle
  • German: Higgs-Teilchen — elementary particle
  • Greek: μποζόνιο Χιγκς (bozónio Chigks) — elementary particle
  • Hungarian: Higgs-bozon — elementary particle
  • Japanese: ヒッグス粒子 (Higgusu ryūshi) — elementary particle
  • Macedonian: Хигсов бозо́н (Higsov bozón) — elementary particle
  • Polish: bozon Higgsa — elementary particle
  • Polish: higson — elementary particle
  • Brazilian Portuguese: bóson de Higgs — elementary particle
  • European Portuguese: bosão de Higgs — elementary particle
  • Russian: бозо́н Хи́ггса (bozón Xíggsa) — elementary particle
  • Russian: хи́ггсовский бозо́н (xíggsovskij bozón) — elementary particle
  • Serbo-Croatian: Хѝггсов бо̀зо̄н — elementary particle
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hìggsov bòzōn — elementary particle
  • Spanish: bosón de Higgs — elementary particle
  • Swedish: Higgspartikel — elementary particle
  • Swedish: Higgsboson — elementary particle
  • Turkish: Higgs bozonu — elementary particle