platina

See also: Platina, platína, platīnā, platīna, and platină

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English

Etymology

From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto"). It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platinum.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

platina (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) platinum.
   • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 792:

     She recites the principal metals, and has Sophie repeat them: gold, silver, platina, quicksilver, copper, iron, lead, tin, aluminium.

Derived terms

• platina mohr
• platina yellow

References

• “platina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Czech

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: iridium (Ir)
Next: zlato (Au)

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplatɪna]
• Hyphenation: pla‧ti‧na

Noun

platina f (relational adjective platinový)

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of platina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	platina	platiny
genitive	platiny	platin
dative	platině	platinám
accusative	platinu	platiny
vocative	platino	platiny
locative	platině	platinách
instrumental	platinou	platinami

Related terms

• platinově

Further reading

• “platina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “platina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “platina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “platina”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dutch

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: iridium (Ir)
Next: goud (Au)

Etymology

From Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

platina n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. platinum

Descendants

• → Indonesian: platina

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑtinɑ/, [ˈplɑ̝t̪inɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtinɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pla‧ti‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): pla‧ti‧na

Noun

platina

1. platinum

Declension

Inflection of platina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		platina	platinat
genitive		platinan	platinoiden platinoitten
partitive		platinaa	platinoita
illative		platinaan	platinoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		platina	platinat
accusative	nom.	platina	platinat
	gen.	platinan
genitive		platinan	platinoiden platinoitten platinain rare
partitive		platinaa	platinoita
inessive		platinassa	platinoissa
elative		platinasta	platinoista
illative		platinaan	platinoihin
adessive		platinalla	platinoilla
ablative		platinalta	platinoilta
allative		platinalle	platinoille
essive		platinana	platinoina
translative		platinaksi	platinoiksi
abessive		platinatta	platinoitta
instructive		—	platinoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of platina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative platinani platinani accusative nom. platinani platinani gen. platinani genitive platinani platinoideni platinoitteni platinaini rare partitive platinaani platinoitani inessive platinassani platinoissani elative platinastani platinoistani illative platinaani platinoihini adessive platinallani platinoillani ablative platinaltani platinoiltani allative platinalleni platinoilleni essive platinanani platinoinani translative platinakseni platinoikseni abessive platinattani platinoittani instructive — — comitative — platinoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative platinasi platinasi accusative nom. platinasi platinasi gen. platinasi genitive platinasi platinoidesi platinoittesi platinaisi rare partitive platinaasi platinoitasi inessive platinassasi platinoissasi elative platinastasi platinoistasi illative platinaasi platinoihisi adessive platinallasi platinoillasi ablative platinaltasi platinoiltasi allative platinallesi platinoillesi essive platinanasi platinoinasi translative platinaksesi platinoiksesi abessive platinattasi platinoittasi instructive — — comitative — platinoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative platinamme platinamme accusative nom. platinamme platinamme gen. platinamme genitive platinamme platinoidemme platinoittemme platinaimme rare partitive platinaamme platinoitamme inessive platinassamme platinoissamme elative platinastamme platinoistamme illative platinaamme platinoihimme adessive platinallamme platinoillamme ablative platinaltamme platinoiltamme allative platinallemme platinoillemme essive platinanamme platinoinamme translative platinaksemme platinoiksemme abessive platinattamme platinoittamme instructive — — comitative — platinoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative platinanne platinanne accusative nom. platinanne platinanne gen. platinanne genitive platinanne platinoidenne platinoittenne platinainne rare partitive platinaanne platinoitanne inessive platinassanne platinoissanne elative platinastanne platinoistanne illative platinaanne platinoihinne adessive platinallanne platinoillanne ablative platinaltanne platinoiltanne allative platinallenne platinoillenne essive platinananne platinoinanne translative platinaksenne platinoiksenne abessive platinattanne platinoittanne instructive — — comitative — platinoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative platinansa platinansa accusative nom. platinansa platinansa gen. platinansa genitive platinansa platinoidensa platinoittensa platinainsa rare partitive platinaansa platinoitaan platinoitansa inessive platinassaan platinassansa platinoissaan platinoissansa elative platinastaan platinastansa platinoistaan platinoistansa illative platinaansa platinoihinsa adessive platinallaan platinallansa platinoillaan platinoillansa ablative platinaltaan platinaltansa platinoiltaan platinoiltansa allative platinalleen platinallensa platinoilleen platinoillensa essive platinanaan platinanansa platinoinaan platinoinansa translative platinakseen platinaksensa platinoikseen platinoiksensa abessive platinattaan platinattansa platinoittaan platinoittansa instructive — — comitative — platinoineen platinoinensa

Derived terms

• platinainen
• platinoida

compounds

• platinafasaani
• platinahäät
• platinakettu
• platinakoru
• platinalevy
• platinanvaalea
• platinaryhmä

Further reading

• “platina”, 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

Anagrams

• plaanit

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: platinas, platinât

Verb

platina

1. third-person singular past historic of platiner

Hungarian

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: irídium (Ir)
Next: arany (Au)

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɒtinɒ]
• Hyphenation: pla‧ti‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

platina (usually uncountable, plural platinák)

1. platinum (a metallic chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	platina	platinák
accusative	platinát	platinákat
dative	platinának	platináknak
instrumental	platinával	platinákkal
causal-final	platináért	platinákért
translative	platinává	platinákká
terminative	platináig	platinákig
essive-formal	platinaként	platinákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	platinában	platinákban
superessive	platinán	platinákon
adessive	platinánál	platináknál
illative	platinába	platinákba
sublative	platinára	platinákra
allative	platinához	platinákhoz
elative	platinából	platinákból
delative	platináról	platinákról
ablative	platinától	platináktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	platináé	platináké
non-attributive possessive – plural	platináéi	platinákéi

Possessive forms of platina

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	platinám	platináim
2nd person sing.	platinád	platináid
3rd person sing.	platinája	platinái
1st person plural	platinánk	platináink
2nd person plural	platinátok	platináitok
3rd person plural	platinájuk	platináik

Further reading

• platina 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.

Indonesian

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: iridium (Ir)
Next: emas (Au)

Etymology

From Dutch platina, from Spanish platina (“platinum”), diminutive of plata (“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plaˈtina]
• Hyphenation: pla‧ti‧na

Noun

platina (plural platina-platina)

1. platinum

   Synonyms: emas kodok, emas putih

Alternative forms

• platinum (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “platina”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology 1

From French platine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ti.na/, /plaˈti.na/
• Rhymes: -atina, -ina
• Hyphenation: plà‧ti‧na, pla‧tì‧na

Noun

platina f (plural platine)

1. platen

Etymology 2

From Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ti.na/
• Rhymes: -atina
• Hyphenation: plà‧ti‧na

Noun

platina f (plural platine)

1. (archaic) alternative form of platino

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ti.na/
• Rhymes: -atina
• Hyphenation: plà‧ti‧na

Verb

platina

1. inflection of platinare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Platani, planati, platani

Latin

Noun

platīna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of platīnum

References

• "platina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lithuanian

platina

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Noun

platina f (uncountable)

1. platinum (metal)

Declension

Declension of platina

nominative	platina
genitive	platinos
dative	platinai
accusative	platiną
instrumental	platina
locative	platinoje
vocative	platina

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian platina. Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Noun

platina

1. platinum

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• platiidná

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Noun

platina n (definite singular platinaet) (uncountable)

1. platinum (a metallic chemical element (symbol Pt) with atomic number 78)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Noun

platina n (definite singular platinaet) (uncountable)

1. platinum (as above)

Portuguese

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: irídio (Ir)
Next: ouro (Au)

Etymology

From Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈt͡ʃi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈti.nɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: pla‧ti‧na

Noun

platina f (plural platinas)

1. (chemistry) platinum (chemical element)

Related terms

• platinado
• platinagem
• platinar
• platinotipia

Further reading

• “platina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “platina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French platiner.

Verb

a platina (third-person singular present platinează, past participle platinat) 1st conjugation

1. to platinize

Conjugation

    conjugation of platina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a platina
gerund			platinând
past participle			platinat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	platinez	platinezi	platinează	platinăm	platinați	platinează
	imperfect	platinam	platinai	platina	platinam	platinați	platinau
	simple perfect	platinai	platinași	platină	platinarăm	platinarăți	platinară
	pluperfect	platinasem	platinaseși	platinase	platinaserăm	platinaserăți	platinaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să platinez	să platinezi	să platineze	să platinăm	să platinați	să platineze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		platinează			platinați
	negative		nu platina			nu platinați

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎtina/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ti‧na

Noun

plàtina f (Cyrillic spelling пла̀тина)

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of platina

	singular
nominative	platina
genitive	platine
dative	platini
accusative	platinu
vocative	platino
locative	platini
instrumental	platinom

See also

Symbol	Pt	Au	Ag	Fe	Al	Sn	Cu
metal	platina	zlato	srebro	željezo	aluminij	kalaj kositar	bakar

Further reading

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

Slovak

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: irídium (Ir)
Next: zlato (Au)

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɫatina/

Noun

platina f (genitive singular platiny, declension pattern of žena)

1. platinum (element)

Declension

Declension of platina

	singulare tantum
nominative	platina
genitive	platiny
dative	platine
accusative	platinu
locative	platine
instrumental	platinou

Derived terms

• platinový

Further reading

• “platina”, 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

Slovene

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: irídij (Ir)
Next: zlató (Au)

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pláːtina/

Noun

plȃtina f

1. platinum (metal)

Declension

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	plátina
genitive	plátine
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	plátina
genitive (rodȋlnik)	plátine
dative (dajȃlnik)	plátini
accusative (tožȋlnik)	plátino
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	plátini
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	plátino

Further reading

• “platina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “platina”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈtina/ [plaˈt̪i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pla‧ti‧na

Etymology 1

From plata (“silver”) +‎ -ina (diminutive).

Noun

platina f (uncountable)

1. (archaic) platinum

Derived terms

• platino m

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: плати́на (platína)
• → Catalan: platí
• → Czech: platina
• → Dutch: platina
  • → Indonesian: platina
• → English: platinum
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: प्लैटिनम (plaiṭinam)
    • Urdu: پلاٹینم (plāṭīnam)
  • → Malay: platinum
  • → Thai: แพลทินัม (plɛɛ-tí-nâm)
• → Esperanto: plateno
• → Estonian: plaatina
• → Finnish: platina
• → French: platine
  • → Arabic: بَلَاتِين (balātīn)
  • → German: Platin
    • → Danish: platin
  • → Italian: platina
  • → Khmer: ប្លាទីន (plaatiin)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پلاتین (platin), پلاتینه (platina)
    • Turkish: platin
  • → Persian: پلاتین (pelâtin)
  • → Romanian: platină
• → Galician: platino
• → Georgian: პლატინა (ṗlaṭina)
• → Greek: πλατίνα (platína)
• → Hebrew: פְּלָטִינָה (platína)
• → Hungarian: platina
• → Icelandic: platína
• → Japanese: プラチナ (purachina)
• → Korean: 플래티나 (peullaetina)
• → Latin: platinum
• → Latvian: platīns
• → Lithuanian: platina
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: platina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: platina
• → Polish: platyna
• → Portuguese: platina
• → Russian: пла́тина (plátina)
  • → Kazakh: платина (platina)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: пла̀тина
  • Latin script: plàtina
• → Slovak: platina
• → Slovene: platina
• → Swedish: platina
• → Ukrainian: пла́тина (plátyna)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French platine, from plat.

Noun

platina f (plural platinas)

1. stage (of a microscope)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

platina f

1. feminine singular of platino

Further reading

• “platina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Chemical element
Pt
Previous: iridium (Ir)
Next: guld (Au)

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑːtɪna/

• Audio:

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Noun

platina c

1. platinum

Declension

Declension of platina

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	platina	platinas
	definite	platinan	platinans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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