helium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Synonyms 1.3.5 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 Limburgish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Inflection 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

Chemical element
He	Previous: hydrogen (H)
	Next: lithium (Li)

[edit] Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (“‘sun’”) (because its presence was first theorised in the sun's atmosphere).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hē'lēəm, IPA: /ˈhiːlɪəm/, SAMPA: /"hi:li@m/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: he‧li‧um

[edit] Noun

helium (countable and uncountable; plural heliums)

1. (uncountable) A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.
2. (countable) A form or sample of the element.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• helio-
• Helios

[edit] Translations

[edit] Synonyms

• E939 when used as a packaging gas

[edit] External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/he.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

helium n.

1. (chemistry) helium

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[edit] Finnish

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[edit] Noun

helium

1. (chemistry) helium

[edit] Declension

Declension of helium (type risti) singular plural nominative helium heliumit genitive heliumin heliumien partitive heliumia heliumeja accusative helium heliumin heliumit inessive heliumissa heliumeissa elative heliumista heliumeista illative heliumiin heliumeihin adessive heliumilla heliumeilla ablative heliumilta heliumeilta allative heliumille heliumeille essive heliumina heliumeina translative heliumiksi heliumeiksi instructive – heliumein abessive heliumitta heliumeitta comitative – heliumeineen

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈheː˨ʎɔ˧m]

[edit] Noun

helium n

1. (uncountable) helium
2. A part of helium

[edit] Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	helium	helia	helieke	heliekes
Genitive	heliums	helia	heliekes	heliekes
Locative	helieës	helieëser	helieëske	helieëskes
Dative¹	heliumme	—	helieke	—
Accusative¹	helium	—	helieke	—

1. Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

helium n.

Declination for helium	Singular		Uncountable
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	helium	heliumet
Possessive form	heliums	heliumets

1. (chemistry) helium