платина

Bulgarian

Chemical element
Pt
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Next: зла́то (zláto) (Au)

Etymology

Derived from Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto"). It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. First attested in 1843.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɫɐˈtinɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Rhymes: -inɐ
• Syllabification^(key): пла‧ти‧на

Noun

плати́на • (platína) f (relational adjective плати́нен or плати́нов)

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of плати́на

	singular
indefinite	плати́на platína
definite	плати́ната platínata

References

• “платина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “платина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “платина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 317

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	پلاتينا
Cyrillic	платина
Latin	platina

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пла́тина (plátina), from Spanish platina (“little silver”).

Noun

платина • (platina)

1. platinum

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical element): Previous: иридий (iridii). Next: алтын (altyn)

Macedonian

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: иридиум (iridium) (Ir)
Next: злато (zlato) (Au)

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫatina]

Noun

платина • (platina) f

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of платина

	singular	plural
indefinite	платина (platina)	платини (platini)
definite unspecified	платината (platinata)	платините (platinite)
definite proximal	платинава (platinava)	платиниве (platinive)
definite distal	платинана (platinana)	платинине (platinine)
vocative	платино (platino)	платини (platini)

Related terms

• платинест (platinest)

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫatʲɪnə]

• Audio:

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Noun

пла́тина • (plátina) f inan (genitive пла́тины, nominative plural пла́тины, genitive plural пла́тин, relational adjective пла́тиновый)

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of пла́тина (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пла́тина plátina	пла́тины plátiny
genitive	пла́тины plátiny	пла́тин plátin
dative	пла́тине plátine	пла́тинам plátinam
accusative	пла́тину plátinu	пла́тины plátiny
instrumental	пла́тиной, пла́тиною plátinoj, plátinoju	пла́тинами plátinami
prepositional	пла́тине plátine	пла́тинах plátinax

Synonyms

• (archaic, poetic): серебре́ц (serebréc)

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical element): Previous: ири́дий (irídij). Next: зо́лото (zóloto)

Related terms

• платинировать (platinirovatʹ)
• платинопромышленность (platinopromyšlennostʹ)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: платина (platina)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎtina/
• Hyphenation: пла‧ти‧на

Noun

пла̀тина f (Latin spelling plàtina)

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of платина

	singular
nominative	платина
genitive	платине
dative	платини
accusative	платину
vocative	платино
locative	платини
instrumental	платином

Further reading

• “платина”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: іри́дій (irýdij) (Os)
Next: зо́лото (zóloto) (Au)

Alternative forms

• пля́ти́на (pljátýna) — 1928–1933 spelling

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫatenɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atenɐ
• Hyphenation: пла‧ти‧на

Noun

пла́тина • (plátyna) f inan (genitive пла́тини, uncountable, relational adjective пла́тиновий)

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of пла́тина
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	пла́тина plátyna
genitive	пла́тини plátyny
dative	пла́тині plátyni
accusative	пла́тину plátynu
instrumental	пла́тиною plátynoju
locative	пла́тині plátyni
vocative	пла́тино plátyno

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “платина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “платина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]