hélio

See also: helio, Hélio, helio-, and hélio-

Portuguese

Chemical element (edit)
He Atomic number 2 hélio
Classification data Period 1 Group 18 Block p-block Class noble gas
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Portuguese Wikipedia article on Hélio

Alternative forms

• helio (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos

Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios

Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios)

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

New Latin heliumlbor.

Portuguese hélio

Learned borrowing from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + Latin -ium (chemical element suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lju/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlju
• Hyphenation: hé‧li‧o
• Homophone: Hélio

Noun

hélio m (plural hélios)

1. (uncountable) helium
2. an atom of helium

Further reading

• “hélio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hélio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026