silicon

Etymology 1
as a modification of the earlier name, from the stem of +  from.

Noun

 * 1)  A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
 * 2)  A single atom of this element.
 * 1)  A single atom of this element.
 * 1)  A single atom of this element.

Usage notes
Do not confuse silicon with.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: silicium
 * Arabic: سِلِيكُون
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Basque: silizioa
 * Belarusian: крэ́мній
 * Breton: silisiom, silikiom
 * Bulgarian: сили́ций
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: silikon
 * Corsican: siliciu
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: silisium
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: silici
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სილიციუმი
 * German: ,
 * Central Franconian: Silizium
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: સિલિકોન, સૈકતા
 * Haitian Creole: silisyòm
 * Hawaiian: silikone
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सैकता
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: silicium
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kannada: ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್
 * Kashubian: krzém
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ស៊ីលីស្យូម
 * Korean:, , 실리콘
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: кремний
 * Lao: ຊິລິຄອນ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: silīcijs
 * Lingala: siliki
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German: silizium
 * Luxembourgish: Silizium
 * Macedonian: силициум
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: സിലിക്കണ്‍
 * Maltese: silikon
 * Manx: silicoin
 * Maori: takawai
 * Marathi: सिलिकॉन
 * Mongolian:
 * Nahuatl: tecpatli
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: سیلیسیم
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਸਿਲੀਕੋਨ
 * Quechua: ullayayaq
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: सैकतीय
 * Santali: ᱥᱤᱞᱤᱠᱟᱱ
 * Scottish Gaelic: sileacon
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: силицијум, сѝлӣцӣј
 * Roman: silicijum,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: silikoni
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: silisyo
 * Tajik: силитсий
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:, callestrai
 * West Frisian: silisium
 * Yiddish: סיליציום, סיליקאָן

Etymology 2
From the silicon chips used in computers.

Noun

 * 1)  Computing.
 * 2)  A computer processor.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  silicone

Noun

 * 1)  breast implant

Etymology
Borrowed from, a modification of , from.

Noun

 * 1) silicon