iridium

See also: Iridium and irídium

English

Chemical element
Ir
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Iridium foil.

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭrĭd'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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Noun

iridium (countable and uncountable, plural iridiums)

1. (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
   • 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 75:

     Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.

2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

• diiridium
• eka-iridium
• heterochromia iridium
• iridarsenite
• iridate
• iridian
• iridiate
• iridic
• iridiferous
• iridio-
• iridious
• iridite
• iridium black
• iridium oxide
• iridium-pointed
• iridium tetrachloride
• iridium trichloride
• iridosmine
• organoiridium
• osmiridium
• platiniridium
• platino-iridium
• platinum-iridium
• radioiridium
• triiridium

Related terms

• iridescence
• iridin
• iridiosmium
• iridise, iridize
• iris

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: iridium (af)
• Albanian: irid
• Arabic: إِرِيدْيُوم m (ʔiridyum)
• Armenian: իրիդիում (hy) (iridium)
• Asturian: iridiu (ast) m
• Basque: iridioa
• Belarusian: іры́дый m (irýdyj), ірыд m (iryd)
• Bengali: ঘনাতু (ghonatu)
• Breton: iridiom
• Bulgarian: ири́дий m (irídij)
• Catalan: iridi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銥 / 铱 (zh) (yī)

• Cornish: yrydyum
• Czech: iridium (cs)
• Danish: iridium (da) n
• Dutch: iridium (nl) n
• Esperanto: iridio (eo)
• Estonian: iriidium (et)
• Faroese: iridium n
• Finnish: iridium (fi)
• French: iridium (fr) m
• Friulian: iridi
• Galician: iridio (gl) m
• Georgian: ირიდიუმი (iridiumi)
• German: Iridium (de) n
• Greek: ιρίδιο (el) n (irídio)
• Gujarati: ઘનાતુ (ghanātu)
• Hebrew: אירידיום (he) (irídyum)
• Hindi: घनातु (ghanātu)
• Hungarian: irídium (hu)
• Icelandic: iridín (is) n
• Irish: iridiam
• Italian: iridio (it) m
• Japanese: イリジウム (ja) (irijiumu), 銥 (ja)
• Kashubian: jirid
• Kazakh: иридий (iridii)
• Korean: 이리듐 (ko) (iridyum)
• Latin: iridium (la)
• Latvian: irīdijs
• Lithuanian: iridis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Iridium
• Macedonian: иридиум m (iridium)
• Malay: iridium
• Maltese: iridju
• Manx: iriddjum
• Marathi: घनातु (ghanātu)
• Mongolian: ириди (mn) (iridi)
• Nepali: घनातु (ghanātu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iridium n

  Nynorsk: iridium (nn) n

• Occitan: iridi (oc) m
• Polish: iryd (pl) m
• Portuguese: irídio (pt) m
• Romanian: iridiu (ro) n
• Russian: ири́дий (ru) m (irídij)
• Scottish Gaelic: iridiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: иридиj m, иридиjум m

  Roman: iridij (sh) m, iridijum m

• Slovak: irídium (sk) n
• Slovene: iridij (sl) m
• Spanish: iridio (es) m
• Swedish: iridium (sv) n
• Tajik: иридий (iridiy)
• Tamil: இரிடியம் (ta) (iriṭiyam), உறுதியம் (uṟutiyam)
• Thai: อิริเดียม (ì-rí-dîiam)
• Turkish: iridyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: іри́дій m (irýdij)
• Uyghur: ئىرىدىي (iridiy)
• Uzbek: iridiy (uz), иридий (uz) (iridiy)
• Vietnamese: iriđi
• Volapük: liridin (vo)
• Welsh: iridiwm (cy)
• West Frisian: iridium

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Ir
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

iridium (uncountable)

1. iridium

Czech

Chemical element
Ir
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪriːdɪjum]
• Hyphenation: iri‧dium

Noun

iridium n

1. iridium

Declension

Declension of iridium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	iridium	iridia
genitive	iridia	iridií
dative	iridiu	iridiím
accusative	iridium	iridia
vocative	iridium	iridia
locative	iridiu	iridiích
instrumental	iridiem	iridii

Danish

Chemical element
Ir
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) +‎ -ium.

Noun

iridium n (singular definite iridiummet, not used in plural form)

1. iridium

Declension

Declension of iridium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	iridium	iridiummet
genitive	iridiums	iridiummets

References

• “iridium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
Ir
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

iridium n (uncountable)

1. iridium

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English iridium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiridium/, [ˈiriˌdium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): i‧ri‧di‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): iri‧di‧um

Noun

iridium

1. iridium

Declension

Inflection of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		iridium	iridiumit
genitive		iridiumin	iridiumien
partitive		iridiumia	iridiumeja
illative		iridiumiin	iridiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		iridium	iridiumit
accusative	nom.	iridium	iridiumit
	gen.	iridiumin
genitive		iridiumin	iridiumien
partitive		iridiumia	iridiumeja
inessive		iridiumissa	iridiumeissa
elative		iridiumista	iridiumeista
illative		iridiumiin	iridiumeihin
adessive		iridiumilla	iridiumeilla
ablative		iridiumilta	iridiumeilta
allative		iridiumille	iridiumeille
essive		iridiumina	iridiumeina
translative		iridiumiksi	iridiumeiksi
abessive		iridiumitta	iridiumeitta
instructive		—	iridiumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative iridiumini iridiumini accusative nom. iridiumini iridiumini gen. iridiumini genitive iridiumini iridiumieni partitive iridiumiani iridiumejani inessive iridiumissani iridiumeissani elative iridiumistani iridiumeistani illative iridiumiini iridiumeihini adessive iridiumillani iridiumeillani ablative iridiumiltani iridiumeiltani allative iridiumilleni iridiumeilleni essive iridiuminani iridiumeinani translative iridiumikseni iridiumeikseni abessive iridiumittani iridiumeittani instructive — — comitative — iridiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative iridiumisi iridiumisi accusative nom. iridiumisi iridiumisi gen. iridiumisi genitive iridiumisi iridiumiesi partitive iridiumiasi iridiumejasi inessive iridiumissasi iridiumeissasi elative iridiumistasi iridiumeistasi illative iridiumiisi iridiumeihisi adessive iridiumillasi iridiumeillasi ablative iridiumiltasi iridiumeiltasi allative iridiumillesi iridiumeillesi essive iridiuminasi iridiumeinasi translative iridiumiksesi iridiumeiksesi abessive iridiumittasi iridiumeittasi instructive — — comitative — iridiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative iridiumimme iridiumimme accusative nom. iridiumimme iridiumimme gen. iridiumimme genitive iridiumimme iridiumiemme partitive iridiumiamme iridiumejamme inessive iridiumissamme iridiumeissamme elative iridiumistamme iridiumeistamme illative iridiumiimme iridiumeihimme adessive iridiumillamme iridiumeillamme ablative iridiumiltamme iridiumeiltamme allative iridiumillemme iridiumeillemme essive iridiuminamme iridiumeinamme translative iridiumiksemme iridiumeiksemme abessive iridiumittamme iridiumeittamme instructive — — comitative — iridiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative iridiuminne iridiuminne accusative nom. iridiuminne iridiuminne gen. iridiuminne genitive iridiuminne iridiumienne partitive iridiumianne iridiumejanne inessive iridiumissanne iridiumeissanne elative iridiumistanne iridiumeistanne illative iridiumiinne iridiumeihinne adessive iridiumillanne iridiumeillanne ablative iridiumiltanne iridiumeiltanne allative iridiumillenne iridiumeillenne essive iridiuminanne iridiumeinanne translative iridiumiksenne iridiumeiksenne abessive iridiumittanne iridiumeittanne instructive — — comitative — iridiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative iridiuminsa iridiuminsa accusative nom. iridiuminsa iridiuminsa gen. iridiuminsa genitive iridiuminsa iridiumiensa partitive iridiumiaan iridiumiansa iridiumejaan iridiumejansa inessive iridiumissaan iridiumissansa iridiumeissaan iridiumeissansa elative iridiumistaan iridiumistansa iridiumeistaan iridiumeistansa illative iridiumiinsa iridiumeihinsa adessive iridiumillaan iridiumillansa iridiumeillaan iridiumeillansa ablative iridiumiltaan iridiumiltansa iridiumeiltaan iridiumeiltansa allative iridiumilleen iridiumillensa iridiumeilleen iridiumeillensa essive iridiuminaan iridiuminansa iridiumeinaan iridiumeinansa translative iridiumikseen iridiumiksensa iridiumeikseen iridiumeiksensa abessive iridiumittaan iridiumittansa iridiumeittaan iridiumeittansa instructive — — comitative — iridiumeineen iridiumeinensa

Further reading

• “iridium”, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁi.djɔm/

• Audio:

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Noun

iridium m (uncountable)

1. iridium

Further reading

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

Latin

Chemical element
Ir
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Etymology

New Latin iridium is from Classical Latin iris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”), because of the bright colour of many of the element's salts.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iːˈrɪ.di.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈriː.d̪i.um]

Noun

īridium n (genitive īridiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) iridium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	īridium	īridia
genitive	īridiī	īridiōrum
dative	īridiō	īridiīs
accusative	īridium	īridia
ablative	īridiō	īridiīs
vocative	īridium	īridia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪ˧ˈʁi˦ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

iridium n

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

Malay

Chemical element
Ir
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Etymology

From English iridium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iridiom], [iridiəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

iridium

1. iridium (chemical element)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) +‎ -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.

Noun

iridium n (definite singular iridiumet, uncountable)

1. iridium, chemical element, symbol Ir

References

• “iridium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “iridium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) +‎ -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.

Noun

iridium n (definite singular iridiumet, uncountable)

1. iridium, chemical element, symbol Ir

References

• “iridium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Noun

iridium n (uncountable)

1. alternative form of iridiu

Swedish

Chemical element
Ir
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Noun

iridium n

1. iridium

Declension

Declension of iridium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	iridium	iridiums
	definite	iridiumet	iridiumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of iridium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	iridium	iridiums
	definite	iridiet	iridiets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of iridium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	iridium	iridiums
	definite	iridium	iridiums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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