radium

See also: Radium and rádium

English

Chemical element
Ra
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Etymology

radio- (from radioactive) + -ium

Pronunciation

• enPR: rād'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdiəm/

Noun

radium (uncountable)

1. The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

Derived terms

terms derived from radium

• eka-radium
• radate
• radium A
• radium B
• radium beam
• radium bomb
• radium bromide
• radium burn
• radium C
• radium C', radium C₁
• [[radium C'']], radium C₂
• radium chloride
• radium clock
• radium D
• radium D₁, radium E
• radium emanation

• radium F
• radium fluoride
• radium G
• Radium Girl
• radium hydroxide
• radium iodide
• radium jaw
• radiumise, radiumize
• radiumizer
• radium needle
• radium oxide
• radium plaque
• radium sulfate, radium sulphate
• radium therapy
• radium water
• radon

Related terms

• radiation
• radioactive
• radioactivity
• radius
• ray

 

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: radium (af)
• Arabic: رَادِيُوم m (rādiyum)
• Armenian: ռադիում (hy) (ṙadium)
• Asturian: radiu (ast) m
• Breton: radiom m
• Bulgarian: радий m (radij)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: radi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鐳／镭, 镭 (lui⁴)

  Mandarin: 鐳／镭 (zh) (léi), 镭 (zh) (léi)

• Czech: radium (cs) n, rádium (cs) n
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: radium (nl) n
• Esperanto: radiumo (eo)
• Estonian: raadium (et)
• Finnish: radium (fi)
• French: radium (fr)
• Galician: radio (gl) m
• Georgian: რადიუმი (radiumi)
• German: Radium (de) n
• Greek: ράδιο (el) n (rádio)
• Hebrew: רדיום (he) (radiyum)
• Hindi: तेजातु (tejātu), रेडियम (hi) m (reḍiyam)
• Italian: radio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ラジウム (ja) (rajiumu), ラディウム (radiumu)
• Khmer: រ៉ាដ្យូម (raatyuum)
• Korean: 라듐 (ko) (radyum)
• Latvian: rādijs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: radis (lt) m
• Maori: konuruke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: radium n

  Nynorsk: radium (nn) n

• Occitan: radi m
• Persian: رادیوم (fa) (radiyom)
• Polish: rad (pl) m
• Portuguese: rádio (pt) m
• Romanian: radiu (ro) n
• Russian: ра́дий (ru) m (rádij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̑дӣј m

  Roman: rȃdīj (sh) m

• Spanish: radio (es) m
• Swedish: radium (sv)
• Tamil: கருகன் (karukaṉ)
• Thai: เรเดียม (ree-dîiam)
• Turkish: radyum (tr)
• Vietnamese: rađi
• Volapük: radin (vo)

References

• Radium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• marudi

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Ra
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Noun

radium (uncountable)

1. radium

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Danish

Noun

radium

1. radium

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Dutch

Chemical element
Ra
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

radium n (uncountable)

1. radium

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Finnish

Noun

radium

1. radium

Declension

Inflection of radium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		radium	—
genitive		radiumin	—
partitive		radiumia	—
illative		radiumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		radium	—
accusative	nom.	radium	—
	gen.	radiumin
genitive		radiumin	—
partitive		radiumia	—
inessive		radiumissa	—
elative		radiumista	—
illative		radiumiin	—
adessive		radiumilla	—
ablative		radiumilta	—
allative		radiumille	—
essive		radiumina	—
translative		radiumiksi	—
abessive		radiumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative radiumini — accusative nom. radiumini — gen. radiumini genitive radiumini — partitive radiumiani — inessive radiumissani — elative radiumistani — illative radiumiini — adessive radiumillani — ablative radiumiltani — allative radiumilleni — essive radiuminani — translative radiumikseni — abessive radiumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative radiumisi — accusative nom. radiumisi — gen. radiumisi genitive radiumisi — partitive radiumiasi — inessive radiumissasi — elative radiumistasi — illative radiumiisi — adessive radiumillasi — ablative radiumiltasi — allative radiumillesi — essive radiuminasi — translative radiumiksesi — abessive radiumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative radiumimme — accusative nom. radiumimme — gen. radiumimme genitive radiumimme — partitive radiumiamme — inessive radiumissamme — elative radiumistamme — illative radiumiimme — adessive radiumillamme — ablative radiumiltamme — allative radiumillemme — essive radiuminamme — translative radiumiksemme — abessive radiumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative radiuminne — accusative nom. radiuminne — gen. radiuminne genitive radiuminne — partitive radiumianne — inessive radiumissanne — elative radiumistanne — illative radiumiinne — adessive radiumillanne — ablative radiumiltanne — allative radiumillenne — essive radiuminanne — translative radiumiksenne — abessive radiumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative radiuminsa — accusative nom. radiuminsa — gen. radiuminsa genitive radiuminsa — partitive radiumiaan radiumiansa — inessive radiumissaan radiumissansa — elative radiumistaan radiumistansa — illative radiumiinsa — adessive radiumillaan radiumillansa — ablative radiumiltaan radiumiltansa — allative radiumilleen radiumillensa — essive radiuminaan radiuminansa — translative radiumikseen radiumiksensa — abessive radiumittaan radiumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• dumari

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French

Etymology

Formed from radio(actif) + -ium; cf. New Latin radium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.djɔm/

Noun

radium m (uncountable)

1. radium

Further reading

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

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Latin

Etymology

The sense of the element came from the French creation radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.um/, [ˈräd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.um/, [ˈräːd̪ium]

Noun

radium n (genitive radiī); second declension

1. (New Latin, Scientific Latin) radium
2. accusative singular of radius

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	radium	radia
Genitive	radiī	radiōrum
Dative	radiō	radiīs
Accusative	radium	radia
Ablative	radiō	radiīs
Vocative	radium	radia

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Malay

Chemical element
Ra
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Etymology

From English radium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [radiom], [radiəm], [rediəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

radium

1. radium (chemical element)

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Norwegian Bokmål

The Curies and radium

Etymology

From French radium.

Noun

radium n (definite singular radiumet, uncountable)

1. radium, chemical element with symbol Ra

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French radium.

Noun

radium n (definite singular radiumet, uncountable)

1. radium, chemical element with symbol Ra

References

• “radium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.