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English

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorine (F)
Next: sodium (Na)
A neon sign for a restaurant called Pappasito's Cantina in Houston, Texas, USA

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. By surface analysis, neo- +‎ -on (suffix used in all noble gases).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: nē'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈni.ɒn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈniˌɑn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɒn
  • Hyphenation: ne‧on

Noun

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neon (countable and uncountable, plural neons)

  2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
  3. (countable) A form or sample of the element.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Neon signs or lights, collectively.
    • 1970, “Up Around the Bend”, performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival:
      Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
      Better get while the getting's good
      Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
      Where the neons turn to wood
    • 2009, Jason Syner, How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronic Systems, page 27:
      Neons and LED lighting can be controlled by remotes.
  5. (countable) A neon tetra fish.

Derived terms

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terms derived from neon

Translations

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Adjective

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neon (not comparable)

  1. (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

Translations

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References

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluoor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ne‧on

Noun

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neon (uncountable)

  1. neon

Hypernyms

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Basque

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sodio (Na)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon inan

  1. neon

Declension

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Declension of neon (inan sg-only C-stem)
indefinite singular
absolutive neon neona
ergative — neonak
dative — neonari
genitive — neonaren
comitative — neonarekin
causative — neonarengatik
benefactive — neonarentzat
instrumental neonez neonaz
innesive — neonean
locative — neoneko
allative — neonera
terminative — neoneraino
directive — neonerantz
destinative — neonerako
ablative — neonetik
partitive neonik —
prolative neontzat —

Noun

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neon inan

  1. neon sign

Declension

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Declension of neon (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive neon neona neonak neonok
ergative neonek neonak neonek neonok
dative neoni neonari neonei neonoi
genitive neonen neonaren neonen neonon
comitative neonekin neonarekin neonekin neonokin
causative neonengatik neonarengatik neonengatik neonongatik
benefactive neonentzat neonarentzat neonentzat neonontzat
instrumental neonez neonaz neonez neonotaz
innesive neonetan neonean neonetan neonotan
locative neonetako neoneko neonetako neonotako
allative neonetara neonera neonetara neonotara
terminative neonetaraino neoneraino neonetaraino neonotaraino
directive neonetarantz neonerantz neonetarantz neonotarantz
destinative neonetarako neonerako neonetarako neonotarako
ablative neonetatik neonetik neonetatik neonotatik
partitive neonik — — —
prolative neontzat — — —

Further reading

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  • “neon”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Cornish

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorin (F)
Next: sodiom (Na)

Etymology

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Borrowed from English neon.

Noun

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neon m (uncountable)

  1. neon

Czech

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sodík (Na)

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon m inan

  1. neon

Declension

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Declension of neon (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative neon neony
genitive neonu neonů
dative neonu neonům
accusative neon neony
vocative neone neony
locative neonu neonech
instrumental neonem neony

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Noun

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neon c (singular definite neonen or neonet, not used in plural form)

  1. neon

Declension

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Declension of neon
common
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative neon neonen
neonet
genitive neons neonens
neonets

References

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Etymology

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Borrowed from English neon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. neon

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Noun

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neon

  1. accusative singular of neo

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chemical element
Ne Previous: fluor
Next: natrium

neon n (genitive singular neons, uncountable)

  1. neon

Declension

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n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative neon neonið
accusative neon neonið
dative neoni neoninum
genitive neons neonsins

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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Internationalism (see English neon), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneon/, [ˈne̞o̞n]
  • Rhymes: -eon
  • Syllabification(key): ne‧on
  • Hyphenation(key): ne‧on

Noun

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chemical element
Ne Previous: fluori
Next: natrium

neon

  1. neon

Declension

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Inflection of neon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative neon neonit
genitive neonin neonien
partitive neonia neoneja
illative neoniin neoneihin
singular plural
nominative neon neonit
accusative nom. neon neonit
gen. neonin
genitive neonin neonien
partitive neonia neoneja
inessive neonissa neoneissa
elative neonista neoneista
illative neoniin neoneihin
adessive neonilla neoneilla
ablative neonilta neoneilta
allative neonille neoneille
essive neonina neoneina
translative neoniksi neoneiksi
abessive neonitta neoneitta
instructive — neonein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of neon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative neonini neonini
accusative nom. neonini neonini
gen. neonini
genitive neonini neonieni
partitive neoniani neonejani
inessive neonissani neoneissani
elative neonistani neoneistani
illative neoniini neoneihini
adessive neonillani neoneillani
ablative neoniltani neoneiltani
allative neonilleni neoneilleni
essive neoninani neoneinani
translative neonikseni neoneikseni
abessive neonittani neoneittani
instructive — —
comitative — neoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative neonisi neonisi
accusative nom. neonisi neonisi
gen. neonisi
genitive neonisi neoniesi
partitive neoniasi neonejasi
inessive neonissasi neoneissasi
elative neonistasi neoneistasi
illative neoniisi neoneihisi
adessive neonillasi neoneillasi
ablative neoniltasi neoneiltasi
allative neonillesi neoneillesi
essive neoninasi neoneinasi
translative neoniksesi neoneiksesi
abessive neonittasi neoneittasi
instructive — —
comitative — neoneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative neonimme neonimme
accusative nom. neonimme neonimme
gen. neonimme
genitive neonimme neoniemme
partitive neoniamme neonejamme
inessive neonissamme neoneissamme
elative neonistamme neoneistamme
illative neoniimme neoneihimme
adessive neonillamme neoneillamme
ablative neoniltamme neoneiltamme
allative neonillemme neoneillemme
essive neoninamme neoneinamme
translative neoniksemme neoneiksemme
abessive neonittamme neoneittamme
instructive — —
comitative — neoneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative neoninne neoninne
accusative nom. neoninne neoninne
gen. neoninne
genitive neoninne neonienne
partitive neonianne neonejanne
inessive neonissanne neoneissanne
elative neonistanne neoneistanne
illative neoniinne neoneihinne
adessive neonillanne neoneillanne
ablative neoniltanne neoneiltanne
allative neonillenne neoneillenne
essive neoninanne neoneinanne
translative neoniksenne neoneiksenne
abessive neonittanne neoneittanne
instructive — —
comitative — neoneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative neoninsa neoninsa
accusative nom. neoninsa neoninsa
gen. neoninsa
genitive neoninsa neoniensa
partitive neoniaan
neoniansa 		neonejaan
neonejansa
inessive neonissaan
neonissansa 		neoneissaan
neoneissansa
elative neonistaan
neonistansa 		neoneistaan
neoneistansa
illative neoniinsa neoneihinsa
adessive neonillaan
neonillansa 		neoneillaan
neoneillansa
ablative neoniltaan
neoniltansa 		neoneiltaan
neoneiltansa
allative neonilleen
neonillensa 		neoneilleen
neoneillensa
essive neoninaan
neoninansa 		neoneinaan
neoneinansa
translative neonikseen
neoniksensa 		neoneikseen
neoneiksensa
abessive neonittaan
neonittansa 		neoneittaan
neoneittansa
instructive — —
comitative — neoneineen
neoneinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Noun

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neon m (uncountable)

  1. neon

Further reading

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Hungarian

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 neon on Hungarian Wikipedia
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: nátrium (Na)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛon]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧on
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

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neon (usually uncountable, plural neonok)

  1. neon (chemical element)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative neon neonok
accusative neont neonokat
dative neonnak neonoknak
instrumental neonnal neonokkal
causal-final neonért neonokért
translative neonná neonokká
terminative neonig neonokig
essive-formal neonként neonokként
essive-modal — —
inessive neonban neonokban
superessive neonon neonokon
adessive neonnál neonoknál
illative neonba neonokba
sublative neonra neonokra
allative neonhoz neonokhoz
elative neonból neonokból
delative neonról neonokról
ablative neontól neonoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		neoné neonoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		neonéi neonokéi
Possessive forms of neon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. neonom neonjaim
2nd person sing. neonod neonjaid
3rd person sing. neonja neonjai
1st person plural neonunk neonjaink
2nd person plural neonotok neonjaitok
3rd person plural neonjuk neonjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Further reading

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  • neon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

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Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia is
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: flúor (F)
Next: natrín (Na)

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Noun

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neon n (genitive singular neons, no plural)

  1. neon

Declension

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Declension of neon (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative neon neonið
accusative neon neonið
dative neoni neoninu
genitive neons neonsins

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Irish

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Irish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ga
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluairín (F)
Next: sóidiam (Na)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon m (genitive singular neoin)

  1. neon (chemical element)

Declension

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Declension of neon (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative neon
vocative a neoin
genitive neoin
dative neon
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an neon
genitive an neoin
dative leis an neon
don neon

Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluoro (F)
Next: sodio (Na)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.on/
  • Rhymes: -ɛon
  • Hyphenation: nè‧on

Noun

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neon m (invariable)

  1. (chemistry) neon

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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neon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ネオン

Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorum (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon n (genitive neī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) neon

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative neon nea
genitive neī neōrum
dative neō neīs
accusative neon nea
ablative neō neīs
vocative neon nea

Limburgish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon n

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

Inflection

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorin (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon (Jawi spelling نيون)

  1. neon (chemical element)

Maltese

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluworu (F)
Next: sodju (Na)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian neon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon m

  1. (chemistry) neon

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian neon.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈneːon/

Noun

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nēon

  1. neon

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative nēon
Genitive nēona
Singular Plural
Nominative nēon nēonat
Accusative nēona nēoniid
Genitive nēona nēoniid
Illative nēonii nēoniidda
Locative nēonis nēoniin
Comitative nēoniin nēoniiguin
Essive nēonin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nēonan nēoneamẹ nēoneamẹt
2nd person nēonat nēoneattẹ nēoneattẹt
3rd person nēonis nēoneaskkạ nēoneasẹt

Further reading

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  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Noun

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neon n (definite singular neonet, uncountable)

  1. neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)

Derived terms

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References

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Noun

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neon n (definite singular neonet, uncountable)

  1. neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)

Derived terms

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References

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Occitan

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Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia oc

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon m (uncountable)

  1. neon

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sód (Na)

Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English neon, French néon, German Neon, ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos). Doublet of nowy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon m inan (related adjective neonowy)

  1. (uncountable) neon (chemical element)
  2. neon sign (sign used on buildings for advertising shops)

Declension

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Declension of neon
singular plural
nominative neon neony
genitive neonu neonów
dative neonowi neonom
accusative neon neony
instrumental neonem neonami
locative neonie neonach
vocative neonie neony

Noun

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neon m animal

  1. tetra (any fish of genus Paracheirodon)

Declension

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Declension of neon
singular plural
nominative neon neony
genitive neona neonów
dative neonowi neonom
accusative neona neony
instrumental neonem neonami
locative neonie neonach
vocative neonie neony

Derived terms

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noun
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adverb

Further reading

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  • neon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • neon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Noun

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neon m (uncountable)

  1. alternative form of néon

Further reading

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Romanian

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Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sodiu, natriu (Na)

Etymology

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Borrowed from French néon, from English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /neˈon/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧on

Noun

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neon n (uncountable)

  1. neon (chemical element)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative neon neonul
genitive-dative neon neonului
vocative neonule

References

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Serbo-Croatian

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrijum, nȃtrīj (S)

Etymology

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From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ně̞o̞ːn/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧on

Noun

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nèōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling нѐо̄н)

  1. neon

Declension

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Declension of neon
singular plural
nominative nèōn neoni
genitive neóna neona
dative neonu neonima
accusative neon neone
vocative neone neoni
locative neonu neonima
instrumental neonom neonima

References

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  • “neon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: flúor (F)
Next: nátrij (Na)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nẹ̑on m inan

  1. neon

Declension

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Unknown tone or non-tonal
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative néon
genitive néona
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		néon
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		néona
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		néonu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		néon
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		néonu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		néonom

Further reading

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  • “neon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon n (uncountable)

  1. neon
    • 1987, “Dansa i neon [Dance in neon]”, Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén, Ola Håkansson (music)‎[3]performed by Lena Philipsson:
      När vi ska dansa i neon på vår resa genom natten. Vi ska färdas i en symfoni mot gryningen. Och vi ska dansa i neon, bortom ropen, bortom skratten. Vi ska fångas av en melodi i skymningen.
      When we will [shall] dance in neon on our journey through the night. We will travel in a symphony towards [the] dawn. And we will dance in neon, beyond the shouting [shouts], beyond the laughter [laughs]. We will [shall] be caught by a melody at [the] dusk.

Declension

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Declension of neon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite neon neons
definite neonet neonets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

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References

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish neón, from English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neón or neon (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. (chemistry) neon (element)
  2. neon sign
  3. neon lamp

Further reading

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  • “neon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 416

Turkish

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Chemical element
Ne
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French néon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɛon]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧on

Noun

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neon (definite accusative neonu, plural neonlar)

  1. neon (chemical element)

Declension

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Declension of neon
singular plural
nominative neon neonlar
definite accusative neonu neonları
dative neona neonlara
locative neonda neonlarda
ablative neondan neonlardan
genitive neonun neonların

Venetan

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Noun

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neon m (invariable)

  1. neon

Vietnamese

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Chemical element
Ne
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Next: natri (Na)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French néon, from New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon

  1. neon (element)

Welsh

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Chemical element
Ne
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Next: sodiwm (Na)
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Etymology

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From English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neon m (uncountable, not mutable)

  1. neon

Derived terms

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References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “neon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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