radon

See also Radon, and rádon

English

Wikipedia

Chemical element
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Etymology

Contraction of radium emanation, since the element appears in the radioactive decay of radium.

Noun

radon (uncountable)

1. A radioactive chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86, one of the noble gases.

Synonyms

• emanation (obsolete)
• exradio (archaic)
• niton (obsolete)

Derived terms

• eka-radon
• radon difluoride
• radon fluoride

Related terms

• radium

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: radon
• Arabic: رادون (ar) (rādun) m
• Armenian: ռադոն (hy) (ṙadon)
• Asturian: radón (ast) m
• Basque: radona
• Belarusian: радон (be) (radón) m
• Bulgarian: радон (bg) (radón) m
• Catalan: radó m
• Chinese: 氡 (dōng)
• Czech: radon (cs) m
• Danish: radon (da) n
• Dutch: radon (nl) n
• Esperanto: radono (eo)
• Estonian: radoon (et)
• Faroese: radon (fo) n
• Finnish: radon (fi)
• French: radon (fr) m
• Friulian: radon m
• Galician: radon m
• Georgian: რადონი (radoni)
• German: Radon (de) n
• Greek: ραδόνιο (el) (radónio) n
• Hebrew: רדון (radón) m
• Hindi: तैजसाति (hi) (taijasaati)
• Hungarian: radon (hu)
• Icelandic: radon (is) n
• Irish: radón (ga) m
• Italian: radon (it) m, rado (it) m
• Japanese: ラドン (ja) (radon)
• Kashubian: redón

• Kazakh: радон (kk) (radon)
• Korean: 라돈 (radon)
• Latvian: radons m
• Luxembourgish: Radon
• Macedonian: радон (radon) m
• Malay: radon (ms)
• Maltese: radon (mt) m
• Manx: raadon (gv)
• Mongolian: радон (mn) (radon)
• Norwegian: radon (no) n
• Persian: رادون (fa) (râdon)
• Polish: radon (pl) m
• Portuguese: rádon (pt) m
• Romanian: radon (ro) n
• Russian: радон (ru) (radón) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радон (sh) m

  Roman: radon (sh) m

• Slovak: radon (sk) m
• Slovene: radon (sl) m
• Spanish: radón (es) m
• Swedish: radon (sv) n
• Tajik: радон (tg) (radon)
• Tamil: ரேடோன் (rēţōn), ஆரகன் (ta) (Ārakaṉ)
• Thai: เรดอน (rēdon)
• Turkish: radon (tr)
• Ukrainian: радон (uk) (radón) m
• Uzbek: радон (uz) (radon)
• Vietnamese: rađơn
• Volapük: radonin (vo)
• West Frisian: radon n

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• Albanian: radon
• Breton: radon
• Cornish: radon

• Lithuanian: radonas
• Welsh: radon

See also

• actinon
• radium emanation

Anagrams

• adorn
• and/or
• andro
• NORAD

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

radon

1. radon.

Declension

    declension of radon

nominative	radon
genitive	radonnıñ
dative	radonğa
accusative	radonnı
locative	radonda
ablative	radondan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Czech

Noun

radon m

1. radon

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

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Esperanto

Noun

radon

1. accusative singular of rado

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧don
• IPA: /ˈrɑːdon/

Noun

radon

1. radon

Declension

Declension of radon (type paperi) singular plural nominative radon radonit genitive radonin radonien radoneiden radoneitten partitive radonia radoneita radoneja accusative radon radonin radonit inessive radonissa radoneissa elative radonista radoneista illative radoniin radoneihin adessive radonilla radoneilla ablative radonilta radoneilta allative radonille radoneille essive radonina radoneina translative radoniksi radoneiksi instructive – radonein abessive radonitta radoneitta comitative – radoneineen

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁa.dɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -dɔ̃

Noun

radon m (usually uncountable)

1. radon

Anagrams

• rando

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Galician

Wikipedia ^gl

Noun

radon m (usually uncountable)

1. radon

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Italian

Noun

radon m (invariable)

1. radon

Anagrams

• andrò
• nardo
• ronda

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Noun

radon (genitive radī); n, second declension

1. radon

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	radon	rada
genitive	radī	radōrum
dative	radō	radīs
accusative	radon	rada
ablative	radō	radīs
vocative	radon	rada

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Chemical element
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Etymology

From English radon.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [radɔn], [redɔn]
• Rhymes: -dɔn, -ɔn

Noun

radon

1. radon (chemical element)

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈradɔn/

• audio

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Noun

radon m

1. radon (chemical element, Rn, atomic number 86)

Declension

    declension of radon

	singular only
nominative	radon
genitive	radonu
dative	radonowi
accusative	radon
instrumental	radonem
locative	radonie
vocative	radonie

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

radon m (Cyrillic spelling радон)

1. radon

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /raˈdoːn/

Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

Declension

Declension of radon

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	radon	radonet
genitive	radons	radonets