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English[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hydrogen (H) | |
| Next: lithium (Li) | |
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (because its presence was first theorised in the Sun's atmosphere) with the suffix + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium (countable and uncountable, plural heliums)
- (uncountable) The second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.
- 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 3:
- It was an enormous balloon filled with helium, that elemental gas forged from hydrogen in the nuclear furnace of the stars.
- (countable) A form or sample of the element.
Synonyms[edit]
- E939 when used as a packaging gas
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
chemical element
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References[edit]
- Helium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Afrikaans[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: waterstof (H) | |
| Next: litium (Li) | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: he‧li‧um
Noun[edit]
helium (uncountable)
Hypernyms[edit]
Czech[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: vodík (H) | |
| Next: lithium (Li) | |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium n
Declension[edit]
Danish[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: brint (H) | |
| Next: lithium (Li) | |
Noun[edit]
helium n (definite singular heliummet or heliumet)
- (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)
Dutch[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: waterstof (H) | |
| Next: lithium (Li) | |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English helium. Derived from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlios).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium n (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
| He | Previous: | vety |
|---|---|---|
| Next: | litium |
helium
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of helium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | helium | heliumit | ||
| genitive | heliumin | heliumien | ||
| partitive | heliumia | heliumeja | ||
| illative | heliumiin | heliumeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | helium | heliumit | ||
| accusative | nom. | helium | heliumit | |
| gen. | heliumin | |||
| genitive | heliumin | heliumien | ||
| partitive | heliumia | heliumeja | ||
| inessive | heliumissa | heliumeissa | ||
| elative | heliumista | heliumeista | ||
| illative | heliumiin | heliumeihin | ||
| adessive | heliumilla | heliumeilla | ||
| ablative | heliumilta | heliumeilta | ||
| allative | heliumille | heliumeille | ||
| essive | heliumina | heliumeina | ||
| translative | heliumiksi | heliumeiksi | ||
| instructive | — | heliumein | ||
| abessive | heliumitta | heliumeitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- "helium" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Latin[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hydrogenium (H) | |
| Next: lithium (Li) | |
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + -ium (chemical element suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈheː.li.um/, [ˈheːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.li.um/, [ˈɛːlium]
Noun[edit]
hēlium n (genitive hēliī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hēlium | hēlia |
| Genitive | hēliī | hēliōrum |
| Dative | hēliō | hēliīs |
| Accusative | hēlium | hēlia |
| Ablative | hēliō | hēliīs |
| Vocative | hēlium | hēlia |
Descendants[edit]
- → Italian: elio
Limburgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium n
- (uncountable) helium
- A part of helium
Inflection[edit]
Declension of helium
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | helium | helia | helieke | heliekes |
| Genitive | heliums | helia | heliekes | heliekes |
| Locative | helieës | helieëser | helieëske | helieëskes |
| Dative¹ | heliumme | — | helieke | — |
| Accusative¹ | helium | — | helieke | — |
| ¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. | ||||
Malay[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hidrogen (H) | |
| Next: litium (Li) | |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English helium, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium (Jawi spelling هيليوم)
- helium (chemical element)
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Norwegian helium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hēlium
Inflection[edit]
| Odd, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hēlium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | hēliuma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | hēlium | hēliumat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | hēliuma | hēliumiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | hēliuma | hēliumiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | hēliumii | hēliumiidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | hēliumis | hēliumiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | hēliumiin | hēliumiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | hēliumin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hydrogen (H) | |
| Next: litium (Li) | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium n (definite singular heliumet)
- (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hydrogen (H) | |
| Next: litium (Li) | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium n (definite singular heliumet)
- (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)
Swedish[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: väte (H) | |
| Next: litium (Li) | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helium n (definite singular heliumet or heliet or helium)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of helium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | helium | heliumet | — | — |
| Genitive | heliums | heliumets | — | — |
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