ion

See also Ion, and ión

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ion, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eimi, “I go”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈaɪən/, /ˈaɪɒn/, X-SAMPA: /"aI@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈaɪ.ɑn/
• Rhymes: -aɪən
• Homophone: iron (in some accents only)

Noun

ion (plural ions)

1. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

Related terms

• anion
• cation
• ionic

• ionisation, ionization
• ionizer
• multiion, multiionic

Translations

atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge

• Arabic: أيون (ar) (ʾayūn)
• Armenian: իոն (hy) (ion)
• Asturian: ion (ast) m
• Basque: ioi (eu)
• Catalan: ió m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 離子 (cmn), 离子 (cmn) (lízǐ)

• Czech: iont (cs) m
• Dutch: ion (nl)
• Esperanto: jono (eo)
• Estonian: ioon (et)
• Finnish: ioni (fi)
• French: ion (fr) m
• Galician: ión (gl) m
• German: Ion (de) n
• Greek: ιόν (el) (ión) n
• Hungarian: ion (hu)

• Icelandic: jón (is) f, fareind (is) f
• Ido: iono (io)
• Indonesian: ion (id)
• Italian: ione (it) m
• Japanese: イオン (ja) (ion)
• Khmer: យាត្រាណូ (km) (yea tra no), ចរាណូ (km) (jor ra no)
• Korean: 이온 (ko) (ion)
• Lombard: jun
• Polish: jon (pl) m
• Portuguese: íon (pt) m
• Russian: ион (ru) (ión) m
• Serbo-Croatian: јон (sh) (jon) m, ion (sh) m
• Sicilian: ioni (scn) m
• Spanish: ion (es) m, ión (es) m
• Swedish: jon (sv)
• Turkish: iyon (tr)

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Esperanto

Pronoun

ion

1. accusative singular of io

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• ión

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjon/, X-SAMPA: /"jon/

Noun

ion m (plural iones)

1. ion (atom bearing an electrical charge).