iridium

See also: Iridium and irídium

English

Chemical element
Ir
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Iridium foil.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) (because of the bright colour of many of its salts).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭrĭd'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɪdiəm/

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

• eka-iridium
• iridiate
• iridic
• iridio-
• iridious
• iridite
• iridium black
• iridium oxide
• iridium-pointed
• iridium tetrachloride
• iridium trichloride
• iridosmine
• osmiridium
• platiniridium
• platino-iridium
• platinum-iridium

 

Related terms

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

 

Translations

chemical element

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

  Mandarin: 铱 (zh) (yī), 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 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 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)
• Uzbek: iridiy (uz), иридий (uz) (iridiy)
• Vietnamese: iriđi
• Volapük: liridin (vo)
• Welsh: iridiwm (cy)
• West Frisian: iridium

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Ir
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Noun

iridium (uncountable)

1. iridium

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Czech

Noun

iridium n

1. iridium

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Danish

Noun

iridium n

1. iridium

References

• “iridium” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Chemical element
Ir
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Next: platina (Pt)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

iridium n (uncountable)

1. iridium

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Finnish

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁi.djɔm/

Noun

iridium m (uncountable)

1. iridium

Further reading

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːˈri.di.um/, [iːˈrɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈri.di.um/, [iˈriːd̪ium]

Noun

īridium n (genitive īridiī); second declension

1. iridium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īridium	īridia
Genitive	īridiī	īridiōrum
Dative	īridiō	īridiīs
Accusative	īridium	īridia
Ablative	īridiō	īridiīs
Vocative	īridium	īridia

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Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪ˧ˈʁi˦ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

iridium n

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

Inflection

Declension of iridium

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
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.

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Malay

Chemical element
Ir
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Next: platinum (Pt)

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)

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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).

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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.