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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.

From the silicon chips used in computers.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: silikon — non-metallic element
• Albanian: silicium — non-metallic element
• Arabic: سِيلِيكُون m or سِلِكُون (sīlīkūn) — non-metallic element
• Armenian: սիլիցիում (silicʻium) — non-metallic element
• Asturian: siliciu — non-metallic element
• Basque: silizioa — non-metallic element
• Belarusian: крэ́мній (krémnij) — non-metallic element
• Belarusian: крэмень (kremien) — non-metallic element
• Breton: silisiom — non-metallic element
• Breton: silikiom — non-metallic element
• Bulgarian: сили́ций (silícij) — non-metallic element
• Catalan: silici — non-metallic element
• Chinese Mandarin: 硅 (guī) — non-metallic element
• Chinese Mandarin: 矽 (xī) — non-metallic element
• Cornish: silikon — non-metallic element
• Corsican: siliciu — non-metallic element
• Czech: křemík — non-metallic element
• Danish: silicium — non-metallic element
• Dutch: silicium — non-metallic element
• Esperanto: silicio — non-metallic element
• Estonian: räni — non-metallic element
• Faroese: silisium — non-metallic element
• Finnish: pii — non-metallic element
• French: silicium — non-metallic element
• West-Frisian: silisium — non-metallic element
• Friulian: silici — non-metallic element
• Galician: silicio — non-metallic element
• Georgian: სილიციუმი (siliciumi) — non-metallic element
• German: Silizium — non-metallic element
• German: Silicium — non-metallic element
• Central Franconian: Silizium — non-metallic element
• Greek: πυρίτιο (pyrítio) — non-metallic element
• Gujarati: સિલિકોન (silikon) — non-metallic element
• Gujarati: સૈકતા (saiktā) — non-metallic element
• Haitian Creole: silisyòm — non-metallic element
• Hawaiian: silikone — non-metallic element
• Hebrew: צורן (tsoran) — non-metallic element
• Hindi: सैकता (saiktā) — non-metallic element
• Hungarian: szilícium — non-metallic element
• Icelandic: kísill — non-metallic element
• Ido: siliko — non-metallic element
• Indonesian: silikon — non-metallic element
• Indonesian: zat pasir — non-metallic element
• Interlingua: silicium — non-metallic element
• Irish: sileacan — non-metallic element
• Italian: silicio — non-metallic element
• Japanese: ケイ素 (keiso) — non-metallic element
• Japanese: 珪素 (keiso) — non-metallic element
• Japanese: シリコン (shirikon) — non-metallic element
• Kannada: ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ (silikān) — non-metallic element
• Kashubian: krzém — non-metallic element
• Kazakh: кремний (kremnii) — non-metallic element
• Khmer: ស៊ីលីស្យូម (siiliisyoum) — non-metallic element
• Korean: 규소 (gyuso) — non-metallic element
• Korean: 실리콘 (sillikon) — non-metallic element
• Northern Kurdish: sîlîsyûm — non-metallic element
• Kyrgyz: кремний (kremniy) — non-metallic element
• Lao: ຊິລິຄອນ (si li khǭn) — non-metallic element
• Latin: silicium — non-metallic element
• Latvian: silīcijs — non-metallic element
• Lingala: siliki class 9a/10a — non-metallic element
• Lithuanian: silicis — non-metallic element
• Low German: silizium — non-metallic element
• Luxembourgish: Silizium — non-metallic element
• Macedonian: силициум (silicium) — non-metallic element
• Malay: silikon — non-metallic element
• Malayalam: സിലിക്കണ് (silikkaṇ) — non-metallic element
• Maltese: silikon — non-metallic element
• Manx: silicoin — non-metallic element
• Māori: takawai — non-metallic element
• Marathi: सिलिकॉन (silikŏn) — non-metallic element
• Mongolian: цахиур (caxiur) — non-metallic element
• Nahuatl: tecpatli — non-metallic element
• Norwegian Bokmål: silisium — non-metallic element
• Norwegian Nynorsk: silisium — non-metallic element
• Occitan: silici — non-metallic element
• Persian: سیلیسیم (silisyom) — non-metallic element
• Polish: krzem — non-metallic element
• Portuguese: silício — non-metallic element
• Punjabi: ਸਿਲੀਕੋਨ (silīkon) — non-metallic element
• Quechua: ullayayaq — non-metallic element
• Romanian: siliciu — non-metallic element
• Russian: кре́мний (krémnij) — non-metallic element
• Russian: сили́ций (silícij) — non-metallic element
• Sanskrit: सैकतीय (saikatīya) — non-metallic element
• Santali: ᱥᱤᱞᱤᱠᱟᱱ (silikan) — non-metallic element
• Scottish Gaelic: sileacon — non-metallic element
• Serbo-Croatian: силицијум — non-metallic element
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝлӣцӣј — non-metallic element
• Serbo-Croatian: silicijum — non-metallic element
• Serbo-Croatian: sìlīcīj — non-metallic element
• Sicilian: siliciu — non-metallic element
• Slovak: kremík — non-metallic element
• Slovene: silicij — non-metallic element
• Spanish: silicio — non-metallic element
• Swahili: silikoni — non-metallic element
• Swedish: kisel — non-metallic element
• Tagalog: silisyo — non-metallic element
• Tajik: силитсий (silitsiy) — non-metallic element
• Tamil: சிலிக்கான் (cilikkāṉ) — non-metallic element
• Telugu: సిలికాన్ (silikān) — non-metallic element
• Thai: ซิลิคอน (sí-lí-kɔ̂n) — non-metallic element
• Turkish: silisyum — non-metallic element
• Ukrainian: кре́мній (krémnij) — non-metallic element
• Uyghur: كرىمنىي (krimniy) — non-metallic element
• Uyghur: سىلىتسىي (silitsiy) — non-metallic element
• Uzbek: kremniy — non-metallic element
• Vietnamese: silic — non-metallic element
• Welsh: silicon — non-metallic element
• Welsh: callestrai — non-metallic element
• Yiddish: סיליציום (silitsyum) — non-metallic element
• Yiddish: סיליקאָן (silikon) — non-metallic element