iridium
English[edit]
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Ir | |
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Etymology[edit]
From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.
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Noun[edit]
iridium (countable and uncountable, plural iridiums)
- (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.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
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Afrikaans[edit]
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Noun[edit]
iridium (uncountable)
Czech[edit]
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Ir | |
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Noun[edit]
iridium n
Declension[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
iridium n
References[edit]
- “iridium” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
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Ir | |
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iridium n (uncountable)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English iridium).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iridium
Declension[edit]
Inflection of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
instructive | — | iridiumein | ||
abessive | iridiumitta | iridiumeitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- "iridium" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iridium m (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “iridium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈri.di.um/, [iːˈrɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈri.di.um/, [iˈriːd̪ium]
Noun[edit]
īridium n (genitive īridiī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | īridium | īridia |
Genitive | īridiī | īridiōrum |
Dative | īridiō | īridiīs |
Accusative | īridium | īridia |
Ablative | īridiō | īridiīs |
Vocative | īridium | īridia |
Limburgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iridium n
- (uncountable) iridium
- A part of iridium
Inflection[edit]
Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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Nominative | iridium | iridia | iridieke | iridiekes |
Genitive | iridiums | iridia | iridiekes | iridiekes |
Locative | iridieës | iridieëser | iridieëske | iridieëskes |
Dative¹ | iridiumme | — | iridieke | — |
Accusative¹ | iridium | — | iridieke | — |
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. |
Malay[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From English iridium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
iridium
- iridium (chemical element)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.
Noun[edit]
iridium n (definite singular iridiumet, uncountable)
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.
Noun[edit]
iridium n (definite singular iridiumet, uncountable)
References[edit]
- “iridium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
iridium n (uncountable)
- Alternative form of iridiu
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