argon

See also: Argon, argón, and árgon

English

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlorine (Cl)
Next: potassium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness, + -on, used for all noble gases.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: är'gŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

argon (countable and uncountable, plural argons)

2. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• E938 when used as a packaging gas

Derived terms

• argide
• argon-36
• argon-38
• argon-40
• argonated
• argon chloride fluoride
• argon chloride hydride
• argon fluoride hydride
• argon fluorohydride
• argon hydrofluoride
• argonide
• argonium
• argonlike
• metaargon
• meta-argon
• metargon
• potassium-argon dating
• radioargon

Translations

a chemical element

• Afrikaans: argon (af)
• Albanian: argon (sq)
• Arabic: أَرْجُون (ar) m (ʔarjūn), أَرْجُون (ar) m (ʔargūn), أَرْغُون m (ʔarḡūn)
• Armenian: արգոն (hy) (argon)
• Asturian: argón (ast) m
• Basque: argon (eu)
• Belarusian: арго́н m (arhón)
• Breton: argon
• Bulgarian: арго́н m (argón)
• Catalan: argó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氬 / 氩 (zh) (yà)

• Cornish: argon
• Czech: argon (cs) m
• Danish: argon (da)
• Dutch: argon (nl) n
• Esperanto: argono (eo)
• Estonian: argoon (et)
• Faroese: argon n
• Finnish: argon (fi)
• French: argon (fr) m
• Friulian: argon m
• Galician: argon (gl) m
• Georgian: არგონი (argoni)
• German: Argon (de) n
• Greek: αργό (el) n (argó)
• Hebrew: ארגון (he) (argón)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} मंदाति (mandāti), ^{(please verify)} अर्गोन (argon)
• Hungarian: argon (hu)
• Icelandic: argon (is)
• Interlingua: argon
• Irish: argón (ga)
• Italian: argon (it) m, argo (it) m
• Japanese: アルゴン (ja) (arugon)
• Kashubian: argón
• Kazakh: аргон (argon)
• Khmer: អាកុង (aakong)
• Korean: 아르곤 (ko) (areugon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: argon (ku) f

• Latvian: argons
• Lingala: alago class 9a/10a
• Lithuanian: argonas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Argon
• Macedonian: аргон (mk) m (argon)
• Malay: argon
• Malayalam: ആർഗോൺ (āṟgōṇ)
• Maltese: argon m
• Manx: argon
• Maori: hauhauhā
• Mongolian: аргон (mn) (argon)
• Navajo: níłchʼi dootłʼizhí
• Norwegian: argon (no) n
• Occitan: argon (oc) m
• Persian: آرگون (fa) (ârgon)
• Polish: argon (pl) m
• Portuguese: árgon (pt) m

  Brazilian: argônio (pt) m

  European: argónio m

• Romanian: argon (ro) n
• Russian: арго́н (ru) m (argón)
• Scottish Gaelic: argon
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀рго̄н m

  Roman: àrgōn (sh) m

• Slovak: argón (sk) m
• Slovene: argon (sl) m
• Spanish: argón (es) m
• Swahili: agoni
• Swedish: argon (sv) n
• Tagalog: argon
• Tajik: аргон (argon)
• Tamil: ஆர்கன் (ārkaṉ)
• Thai: อาร์กอน (th) (aa-gɔ̂n)
• Turkish: argon (tr)
• Ukrainian: арго́н (uk) m (arhón), арґон m (argon)
• Uzbek: argon (uz)

  Cyrillic: аргон (uz) (argon)

• Vietnamese: agon (vi)
• Volapük: largonin (vo)
• Welsh: argon (cy) m
• West Frisian: argon (fy)
• Yiddish: אַרגאָן m (argon)

References

• Argon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• nagor, grano, angor, organ, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Organ, Ongar, Angor, Agron, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, orang, Ronga

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon (uncountable)

1. argon

Hypernyms

• edelgas

Cornish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: potassiom (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon.

Noun

argon m

1. argon

Czech

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlor (Cl)
Next: draslík (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡon]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m inan

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of argon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	argon	argony
genitive	argonu	argonů
dative	argonu	argonům
accusative	argon	argony
vocative	argone	argony
locative	argonu	argonech
instrumental	argonem	argony

Further reading

• “argon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “argon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑːɡʌn]

Noun

argon n (singular definite argonet, not used in plural form)

1. argon

Declension

Declension of argon

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	argon	argonet
genitive	argons	argonets

Further reading

• “argon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “argon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.ɣɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable)

1. argon

Descendants

• → Indonesian: argon

Finnish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: kloori (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrɡon/, [ˈɑ̝rɡo̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɡon
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧gon
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧gon

Noun

argon

1. argon

Declension

Inflection of argon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		argon	argonit
genitive		argonin	argonien argoneiden argoneitten
partitive		argonia	argoneita argoneja
illative		argoniin	argoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		argon	argonit
accusative	nom.	argon	argonit
	gen.	argonin
genitive		argonin	argonien argoneiden argoneitten
partitive		argonia	argoneita argoneja
inessive		argonissa	argoneissa
elative		argonista	argoneista
illative		argoniin	argoneihin
adessive		argonilla	argoneilla
ablative		argonilta	argoneilta
allative		argonille	argoneille
essive		argonina	argoneina
translative		argoniksi	argoneiksi
abessive		argonitta	argoneitta
instructive		—	argonein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of argon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative argonini argonini accusative nom. argonini argonini gen. argonini genitive argonini argonieni argoneideni argoneitteni partitive argoniani argoneitani argonejani inessive argonissani argoneissani elative argonistani argoneistani illative argoniini argoneihini adessive argonillani argoneillani ablative argoniltani argoneiltani allative argonilleni argoneilleni essive argoninani argoneinani translative argonikseni argoneikseni abessive argonittani argoneittani instructive — — comitative — argoneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative argonisi argonisi accusative nom. argonisi argonisi gen. argonisi genitive argonisi argoniesi argoneidesi argoneittesi partitive argoniasi argoneitasi argonejasi inessive argonissasi argoneissasi elative argonistasi argoneistasi illative argoniisi argoneihisi adessive argonillasi argoneillasi ablative argoniltasi argoneiltasi allative argonillesi argoneillesi essive argoninasi argoneinasi translative argoniksesi argoneiksesi abessive argonittasi argoneittasi instructive — — comitative — argoneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative argonimme argonimme accusative nom. argonimme argonimme gen. argonimme genitive argonimme argoniemme argoneidemme argoneittemme partitive argoniamme argoneitamme argonejamme inessive argonissamme argoneissamme elative argonistamme argoneistamme illative argoniimme argoneihimme adessive argonillamme argoneillamme ablative argoniltamme argoneiltamme allative argonillemme argoneillemme essive argoninamme argoneinamme translative argoniksemme argoneiksemme abessive argonittamme argoneittamme instructive — — comitative — argoneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative argoninne argoninne accusative nom. argoninne argoninne gen. argoninne genitive argoninne argonienne argoneidenne argoneittenne partitive argonianne argoneitanne argonejanne inessive argonissanne argoneissanne elative argonistanne argoneistanne illative argoniinne argoneihinne adessive argonillanne argoneillanne ablative argoniltanne argoneiltanne allative argonillenne argoneillenne essive argoninanne argoneinanne translative argoniksenne argoneiksenne abessive argonittanne argoneittanne instructive — — comitative — argoneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative argoninsa argoninsa accusative nom. argoninsa argoninsa gen. argoninsa genitive argoninsa argoniensa argoneidensa argoneittensa partitive argoniaan argoniansa argoneitaan argonejaan argoneitansa argonejansa inessive argonissaan argonissansa argoneissaan argoneissansa elative argonistaan argonistansa argoneistaan argoneistansa illative argoniinsa argoneihinsa adessive argonillaan argonillansa argoneillaan argoneillansa ablative argoniltaan argoniltansa argoneiltaan argoneiltansa allative argonilleen argonillensa argoneilleen argoneillensa essive argoninaan argoninansa argoneinaan argoneinansa translative argonikseen argoniksensa argoneikseen argoneiksensa abessive argonittaan argonittansa argoneittaan argoneittansa instructive — — comitative — argoneineen argoneinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• argon-fluorihydridi

Further reading

• “argon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlore (Cl)
Next: potassium (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio:

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Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Descendants

• Lingala: alago

Further reading

• “argon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rogna

Galician

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: cloro (Cl)
Next: potasio (K)

Alternative forms

• árgon (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾɡoŋ/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞oŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈaɾɡoŋ/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞oŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈaɾħoŋ/ [ˈaɾ.ħoŋ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɾɡoŋ

• Rhymes: -aɾɡoŋ
• Rhymes: -aɾħoŋ

• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Further reading

• “argon”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Hungarian

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klór (Cl)
Next: kálium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrɡon]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

argon (usually uncountable, plural argonok)

1. argon (a chemical element, symbol: Ar)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	argon	argonok
accusative	argont	argonokat
dative	argonnak	argonoknak
instrumental	argonnal	argonokkal
causal-final	argonért	argonokért
translative	argonná	argonokká
terminative	argonig	argonokig
essive-formal	argonként	argonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	argonban	argonokban
superessive	argonon	argonokon
adessive	argonnál	argonoknál
illative	argonba	argonokba
sublative	argonra	argonokra
allative	argonhoz	argonokhoz
elative	argonból	argonokból
delative	argonról	argonokról
ablative	argontól	argonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	argoné	argonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	argonéi	argonokéi

Possessive forms of argon

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	argonom	argonjaim
2nd person sing.	argonod	argonjaid
3rd person sing.	argonja	argonjai
1st person plural	argonunk	argonjaink
2nd person plural	argonotok	argonjaitok
3rd person plural	argonjuk	argonjaik

Further reading

• argon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klór (Cl)
Next: kalín (K)

Noun

argon n (genitive singular argons, no plural)

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of argon (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	argon	argonið
accusative	argon	argonið
dative	argoni	argoninu
genitive	argons	argonsins

Indonesian

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

From Dutch argon, from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡɔn]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon (plural argon-argon)

1. argon (chemical element)

Further reading

• “argon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: cloro (Cl)
Next: potassio (K)

Alternative forms

• argo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), substantivized neuter form of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡon/
• Rhymes: -arɡon
• Hyphenation: àr‧gon

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) argon

Anagrams

• Grano, Ragno, grano, ragno, rango, rogna

Latin

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlorum (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ργόν (ārgón), the neuter substantive form of ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós, “idle, lazy”) because of the element's inertness.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaːr.ɡɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈär.ɡon]

Noun

ārgon n (genitive ārgī); second declension

1. (New Latin) argon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	ārgon	ārga
genitive	ārgī	ārgōrum
dative	ārgō	ārgīs
accusative	ārgon	ārga
ablative	ārgō	ārgīs
vocative	ārgon	ārga

Synonyms

• ārgōnum

Limburgish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloear (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa˨ʁʝo˦n]

Noun

argon n

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

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Malay

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

From English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(r)ɡɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɡɔn, -ɔn

Noun

argon (Jawi spelling ارݢون, plural argon-argon)

1. argon (chemical element)

Maltese

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: kloru (Cl)
Next: potassju (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian argon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡɔn/

Noun

argon m

1. (chemistry) argon

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian argon.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈarːkon/

Noun

argon

1. argon

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	argon
Genitive	argona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argon	argonat
Accusative	argona	argoniid
Genitive	argona	argoniid
Illative	argonii	argoniidda
Locative	argonis	argoniin
Comitative	argoniin	argoniiguin
Essive	argonin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person argonan argoneamẹ argoneamẹt 2nd person argonat argoneattẹ argoneattẹt 3rd person argonis argoneaskkạ argoneasẹt

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: clòr (Cl)

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Polish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlor (Cl)
Next: potas (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡɔn/
• Rhymes: -arɡɔn
• Syllabification: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m inan

1. (chemistry) argon

Declension

Declension of argon

	singular
nominative	argon
genitive	argonu
dative	argonowi
accusative	argon
instrumental	argonem
locative	argonie
vocative	argonie

Derived terms

adjective

• argonowy

Further reading

• argon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• argon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: clor (Cl)
Next: potasiu, kaliu (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from French argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈɡon/
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable)

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of argon

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	argon	argonul
genitive-dative	argon	argonului
vocative	argonule

References

• “argon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: hlor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎrɡoːn/
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

àrgōn m (Cyrillic spelling а̀рго̄н)

1. argon

Declension

Declension of argon

	singular
nominative	àrgōn
genitive	argóna
dative	argónu
accusative	àrgōn
vocative	ȁrgōne
locative	argónu
instrumental	argónom

Slovene

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klór (Cl)
Next: kálij (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áːrɡɔn/, /arɡóːn/

Noun

argọ̑n or argón m inan

1. argon

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	árgon
genitive	árgona
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	árgon
genitive (rodȋlnik)	árgona
dative (dajȃlnik)	árgonu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	árgon
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	árgonu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	árgonom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	argón
genitive	argóna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	argón
genitive (rodȋlnik)	argóna
dative (dajȃlnik)	argónu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	argón
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	argónu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	argónom

Further reading

• “argon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈɡoːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

argon n

1. argon

Declension

Declension of argon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	argon	argons
	definite	argonet	argonets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• argon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• argon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• argon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• organ

Turkish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: potasyum (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from French argon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɾɟón]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

argon (definite accusative argonu, plural argonlar)

1. argon

Declension

Declension of argon

	singular	plural
nominative	argon	argonlar
definite accusative	argonu	argonları
dative	argona	argonlara
locative	argonda	argonlarda
ablative	argondan	argonlardan
genitive	argonun	argonların

Welsh

Chemical element
Ar
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Etymology

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarɡɔn/
• Rhymes: -arɡɔn

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Mutation

Mutated forms of argon

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
argon	unchanged	unchanged	hargon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “argon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies