osmium

See also: Osmium

English

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
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English Wikipedia article on Osmium

Osmium crystals.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏz'mēəm
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒz.mi.əm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑz.mi.əm/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

osmium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiums)

2. A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.

   Their latest catalyst includes some osmium.

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

   This reaction substitutes a ruthenium for an osmium.

Derived terms

• diosmium
• eka-osmium
• iridiosmium
• iridosmine
• nonosmium
• organoosmium
• osmate
• osmian
• osmiate
• osmic
• osmide
• osmio-
• osmious
• osmium dioxide
• osmium lamp
• osmium tetraoxide, osmium tetroxide
• osmiuret
• osmous
• radioosmium

Related terms

• Osmia
• osmiridium
• osmite
• osmylated
• osmylation

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: osmium (af)
• Albanian: osmium
• Arabic: أُسْمِيُوم m (ʔusmiyūm), أُوزْمِيُوم m (ʔūzmiyūm)
• Armenian: օսմիում (hy) (ōsmium)
• Asturian: osmiu (ast) m
• Basque: osmioa
• Belarusian: о́смій m (ósmij)
• Breton: osmiom
• Bulgarian: о́смий m (ósmij)
• Catalan: osmi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鋨 / 锇 (ngo⁴)

  Mandarin: 鋨 / 锇 (zh) (é)

• Cornish: osmyum
• Czech: osmium (cs) n
• Danish: osmium (da) n
• Dutch: osmium (nl) n
• Esperanto: osmio (eo)
• Estonian: osmium (et)
• Faroese: osmium n
• Finnish: osmium (fi)
• French: osmium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: osmium

• Friulian: osmi
• Galician: osmio (gl) m
• Georgian: ოსმიუმი (osmiumi)
• German: Osmium (de) n
• Greek: όσμιο (el) n (ósmio)
• Hebrew: אוסמיום (he) (osmiyum)
• Hindi: गुर्वातु (gurvātu)
• Hungarian: ozmium (hu)
• Icelandic: osmín (is)
• Irish: oismiam m
• Italian: osmio (it) m
• Japanese: オスミウム (ja) (osumiumu)
• Kashubian: òsm
• Kazakh: осмий (osmii)
• Korean: 오스뮴 (ko) (oseumyum)
• Latin: osmium (la) n
• Latvian: osmijs m
• Lithuanian: osmis (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Osmium
• Macedonian: осмиум m (osmium)
• Malay: osmium
• Maltese: ożmju m
• Manx: osmium
• Mongolian: осми (osmi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: osmium n

  Nynorsk: osmium (nn) n

• Occitan: òsmi m
• Persian: اسمیم (osmiyom)
• Polish: osm (pl) m
• Portuguese: ósmio (pt) m
• Romanian: osmiu (ro) n
• Russian: о́смий (ru) m (ósmij)
• Scottish Gaelic: oismiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̑смиј m, осмиjум m

  Latin: ȏsmij (sh) m, osmijum m

• Slovak: osmium (sk) n
• Slovene: osmij (sl) m
• Spanish: osmio (es) m
• Swedish: osmium (sv) n
• Tajik: осмий (osmiy)
• Tamil: ஒஸ்மியம் (osmiyam)
• Thai: ออสเมียม (ɔ́ɔs-mîiam)
• Turkish: osmiyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: о́смій m (ósmij)
• Uyghur: ئوسمىي (ug) (osmiy)
• Uzbek: osmiy (uz), осмий (osmiy)
• Vietnamese: osimi, osmi
• Volapük: losmin (vo)
• Welsh: osmiwm (cy)

Afrikaans

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← renium (Re)
Next: iridium (Ir) →

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

osmium (uncountable)

1. osmium

Danish

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← rhenium (Re)
Next: iridium (Ir) →

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) +‎ -ium.

Noun

osmium n (singular definite osmiummet, not used in plural form)

1. osmium

Declension

Declension of osmium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	osmium	osmiummet
genitive	osmiums	osmiummets

References

• “osmium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← renium (Re)
Next: iridium (Ir) →

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

osmium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. osmium

Estonian

Etymology

From German Osmium.

Noun

osmium (genitive osmiumi, partitive osmiumi or osmiumit)

1. osmium

Declension

Declension of osmium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		osmium	osmiumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	osmiumi
genitive			osmiumide
partitive		osmiumi	osmiume osmiumisid
illative		osmiumi osmiumisse	osmiumidesse osmiumesse
inessive		osmiumis	osmiumides osmiumes
elative		osmiumist	osmiumidest osmiumest
allative		osmiumile	osmiumidele osmiumele
adessive		osmiumil	osmiumidel osmiumel
ablative		osmiumilt	osmiumidelt osmiumelt
translative		osmiumiks	osmiumideks osmiumeks
terminative		osmiumini	osmiumideni
essive		osmiumina	osmiumidena
abessive		osmiumita	osmiumideta
comitative		osmiumiga	osmiumidega

Declension of osmium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		osmium	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	osmiumi
genitive			—
partitive		osmiumit	—
illative		osmiumisse	—
inessive		osmiumis	—
elative		osmiumist	—
allative		osmiumile	—
adessive		osmiumil	—
ablative		osmiumilt	—
translative		osmiumiks	—
terminative		osmiumini	—
essive		osmiumina	—
abessive		osmiumita	—
comitative		osmiumiga	—

References

• osmium in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English osmium), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈosmium/, [ˈo̞s̠mium]
• Rhymes: -osmium
• Syllabification^(key): os‧mi‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): os‧mi‧um

Noun

osmium

1. osmium

Declension

Inflection of osmium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		osmium	osmiumit
genitive		osmiumin	osmiumien
partitive		osmiumia	osmiumeja
illative		osmiumiin	osmiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		osmium	osmiumit
accusative	nom.	osmium	osmiumit
	gen.	osmiumin
genitive		osmiumin	osmiumien
partitive		osmiumia	osmiumeja
inessive		osmiumissa	osmiumeissa
elative		osmiumista	osmiumeista
illative		osmiumiin	osmiumeihin
adessive		osmiumilla	osmiumeilla
ablative		osmiumilta	osmiumeilta
allative		osmiumille	osmiumeille
essive		osmiumina	osmiumeina
translative		osmiumiksi	osmiumeiksi
abessive		osmiumitta	osmiumeitta
instructive		—	osmiumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative osmiumini osmiumini accusative nom. osmiumini osmiumini gen. osmiumini genitive osmiumini osmiumieni partitive osmiumiani osmiumejani inessive osmiumissani osmiumeissani elative osmiumistani osmiumeistani illative osmiumiini osmiumeihini adessive osmiumillani osmiumeillani ablative osmiumiltani osmiumeiltani allative osmiumilleni osmiumeilleni essive osmiuminani osmiumeinani translative osmiumikseni osmiumeikseni abessive osmiumittani osmiumeittani instructive — — comitative — osmiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative osmiumisi osmiumisi accusative nom. osmiumisi osmiumisi gen. osmiumisi genitive osmiumisi osmiumiesi partitive osmiumiasi osmiumejasi inessive osmiumissasi osmiumeissasi elative osmiumistasi osmiumeistasi illative osmiumiisi osmiumeihisi adessive osmiumillasi osmiumeillasi ablative osmiumiltasi osmiumeiltasi allative osmiumillesi osmiumeillesi essive osmiuminasi osmiumeinasi translative osmiumiksesi osmiumeiksesi abessive osmiumittasi osmiumeittasi instructive — — comitative — osmiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative osmiumimme osmiumimme accusative nom. osmiumimme osmiumimme gen. osmiumimme genitive osmiumimme osmiumiemme partitive osmiumiamme osmiumejamme inessive osmiumissamme osmiumeissamme elative osmiumistamme osmiumeistamme illative osmiumiimme osmiumeihimme adessive osmiumillamme osmiumeillamme ablative osmiumiltamme osmiumeiltamme allative osmiumillemme osmiumeillemme essive osmiuminamme osmiumeinamme translative osmiumiksemme osmiumeiksemme abessive osmiumittamme osmiumeittamme instructive — — comitative — osmiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative osmiuminne osmiuminne accusative nom. osmiuminne osmiuminne gen. osmiuminne genitive osmiuminne osmiumienne partitive osmiumianne osmiumejanne inessive osmiumissanne osmiumeissanne elative osmiumistanne osmiumeistanne illative osmiumiinne osmiumeihinne adessive osmiumillanne osmiumeillanne ablative osmiumiltanne osmiumeiltanne allative osmiumillenne osmiumeillenne essive osmiuminanne osmiumeinanne translative osmiumiksenne osmiumeiksenne abessive osmiumittanne osmiumeittanne instructive — — comitative — osmiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative osmiuminsa osmiuminsa accusative nom. osmiuminsa osmiuminsa gen. osmiuminsa genitive osmiuminsa osmiumiensa partitive osmiumiaan osmiumiansa osmiumejaan osmiumejansa inessive osmiumissaan osmiumissansa osmiumeissaan osmiumeissansa elative osmiumistaan osmiumistansa osmiumeistaan osmiumeistansa illative osmiumiinsa osmiumeihinsa adessive osmiumillaan osmiumillansa osmiumeillaan osmiumeillansa ablative osmiumiltaan osmiumiltansa osmiumeiltaan osmiumeiltansa allative osmiumilleen osmiumillensa osmiumeilleen osmiumeillensa essive osmiuminaan osmiuminansa osmiumeinaan osmiumeinansa translative osmiumikseen osmiumiksensa osmiumeikseen osmiumeiksensa abessive osmiumittaan osmiumittansa osmiumeittaan osmiumeittansa instructive — — comitative — osmiumeineen osmiumeinensa

Further reading

• “osmium”, 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 3 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs.mjɔm/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

osmium m (uncountable)

1. osmium

Further reading

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

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← rhenium (Re)
Next: iridium (Ir) →

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “stench, stink”), referring to the smell of its tetroxide.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔs.mi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔz.mi.um]

Noun

osmium n (genitive osmiī); second declension

1. osmium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	osmium
genitive	osmiī
dative	osmiō
accusative	osmium
ablative	osmiō
vocative	osmium

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈo˧zɱɔ˧m]

Noun

osmium n

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

Malay

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← renium (Re)
Next: iridium (Ir) →

Etymology

From English osmium, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔsmiom], [ɔsmiəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

osmium

1. osmium

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) +‎ -ium.

Noun

osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)

1. osmium, chemical element, symbol Os

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) +‎ -ium.

Noun

osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)

1. osmium, chemical element, symbol Os

References

• “osmium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← rénium (Re)
Next: irídium (Ir) →

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsmɪjʊm/

Noun

osmium n (genitive singular osmia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. osmium (element)

Declension

Declension of osmium

	singulare tantum
nominative	osmium
genitive	osmia
dative	osmiu
accusative	osmium
locative	osmiu
instrumental	osmiom

Further reading

• “osmium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Chemical element (edit)
Os Atomic number 76 osmium
Classification data Period 6 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← rhenium (Re)
Next: iridium (Ir) →

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

osmium n

1. osmium

Declension

Declension of osmium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	osmium	osmiums
	definite	osmiumet	osmiumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of osmium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	osmium	osmiums
	definite	osmiet	osmiets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of osmium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	osmium	osmiums
	definite	osmium	osmiums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “osmium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “osmium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “osmium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH