helium

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English [edit]

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

Etymology [edit]

From New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hēlios, sun) (because its presence was first theorised in the sun's atmosphere).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • enPR: hē'lēəm, IPA: /ˈhiːlɪəm/, X-SAMPA: /"hi:li@m/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: he‧li‧um

Noun [edit]

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.

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Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

helium n

  1. helium

Dutch [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

helium n (uncountable)

  1. helium

Finnish [edit]

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Noun [edit]

element
He
Previous: vety
Next: litium

helium

  1. helium

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Latin [edit]

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Noun [edit]

hēlium (genitive hēliī); n, second declension

  1. helium

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative hēlium hēlia
genitive hēliī hēliōrum
dative hēliō hēliīs
accusative hēlium hēlia
ablative hēliō hēliīs
vocative hēlium hēlia

Limburgish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈheː˨ʎɔ˧m]

Noun [edit]

helium n

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

Inflection [edit]


¹ Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead.


Malay [edit]

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Chemical element
He Previous: hidrogen (H)
Next: litium (Li)

Etymology [edit]

From English helium, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hēlios).

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Noun [edit]

helium (Jawi spelling هيليوم)

  1. helium (chemical element)

Swedish [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈheːlɪɵm/

Noun [edit]

helium n

  1. helium

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