Tritium

See also: tritium

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Noun

Tritium n (strong, genitive Tritiums, no plural)

1. tritium (hydrogen isotope, chemical symbol: T)

Declension

Declension of Tritium [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tritium
genitive	eines	des	Tritiums
dative	einem	dem	Tritium
accusative	ein	das	Tritium

Further reading

• “Tritium” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From a Hispano-Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *tritiyos (“third”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ti.um/, [ˈt̪rɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrit.t͡si.um/, [ˈt̪rit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Tritium n sg (genitive Tritiī or Tritī); second declension

1. A town of the Autrigones in Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tritium
Genitive	Tritiī Tritī1
Dative	Tritiō
Accusative	Tritium
Ablative	Tritiō
Vocative	Tritium
Locative	Tritiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Tritium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tritium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly