radon

See also: Radon, rádon, radón, and Radoń

English

Chemical element
Rn
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Next: francium (Fr)

Etymology

Contraction of radium emanation, since the element appears in the radioactive decay of radium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rā'dŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdɒn/

Noun

radon (uncountable)

1. The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.
2. The most stable isotope of this element, ²²²₈₆Rn.

Synonyms

• emanation (obsolete) (definition 1)
• exradio (archaic) (definition 2)
• niton (obsolete) (definition 1)

Derived terms

• eka-radon
• radon difluoride
• radon fluoride

Related terms

• radium

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: radon (af)
• Arabic: رَادُون m (rādun)
• Armenian: ռադոն (hy) (ṙadon)
• Asturian: radón m
• Basque: radona
• Belarusian: радо́н m (radón)
• Bulgarian: радо́н m (radón)
• Catalan: radó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氡 (zh) (dōng)

• Czech: radon (cs) m
• Danish: radon (da) n
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: radon (nl) n
• Esperanto: radono (eo)
• Estonian: radoon (et)
• Faroese: radon n
• Finnish: radon (fi)
• French: radon (fr) m
• Friulian: radon m
• Galician: radon (gl) m
• Georgian: რადონი (radoni)
• German: Radon (de) n
• Greek: ραδόνιο (el) n (radónio)
• Hebrew: רדון (he) m (radón)
• Hindi: तैजसाति (taijsāti)
• Hungarian: radon (hu)
• Icelandic: radon (is) n
• Irish: radón m
• Italian: radon (it) m, rado (it) m
• Japanese: ラドン (ja) (radon)
• Kashubian: redón
• Kazakh: радон (kk) (radon)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: រ៉ាដុង (raadong)
• Korean: 라돈 (ko) (radon)
• Latvian: radons m
• Lithuanian: radonas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Radon
• Macedonian: радон m (radon)
• Malay: radon
• Maltese: radon m
• Manx: raadon
• Mongolian: радон (mn) (radon)
• Norwegian: radon n
• Occitan: radon m
• Persian: رادون (fa) (râdon)
• Polish: radon (pl) m
• Portuguese: rádon (pt) m
• Romanian: radon (ro) n
• Russian: радо́н (ru) m (radón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радон m

  Roman: radon (sh) m

• Slovak: radón (sk) m
• Slovene: radon (sl) m
• Spanish: radón (es) m
• Swedish: radon (sv) n
• Tajik: радон (radon)
• Tamil: ரேடோன் (rēṭōṉ), ஆரகன் (ta) (ārakaṉ)
• Thai: เรดอน (ree-dɔ̂n)
• Turkish: radon (tr)
• Ukrainian: радо́н m (radón)
• Uzbek: radon (uz), радон (uz) (radon)
• Vietnamese: rađơn
• Volapük: radonin (vo)
• West Frisian: radon n

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• (deprecated template usage) Albanian: ^{(please verify)} radon
• (deprecated template usage) Breton: ^{(please verify)} radon (br)
• (deprecated template usage) Cornish: ^{(please verify)} radon
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• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} radonas (lt)
• (deprecated template usage) Welsh: ^{(please verify)} radon (cy)

References

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

See also

• actinon
• radium emanation

Anagrams

• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nardo, Ronda, adorn, and/or, andro, andro-, norad, rando

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Rn
Previous: astaat (At)
Next: frankium (Fr)

Noun

radon (uncountable)

1. radon

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

radon

1. radon.

Declension

Declension of radon

nominative	radon
genitive	radonnıñ
dative	radonğa
accusative	radonnı
locative	radonda
ablative	radondan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Noun

1. radon

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Danish

Noun

radon

1. radon

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Dutch

Chemical element
Rn
Previous: astaat (At)
Next: francium (Fr)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

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Esperanto

Noun

radon

1. accusative singular of rado

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑːdon/, [ˈrɑ̝ːdo̞n]
• Hyphenation: ra‧don

Noun

radon

1. radon

Declension

Inflection of radon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		radon	radonit
genitive		radonin	radonien radoneiden radoneitten
partitive		radonia	radoneita radoneja
illative		radoniin	radoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		radon	radonit
accusative	nom.	radon	radonit
	gen.	radonin
genitive		radonin	radonien radoneiden radoneitten
partitive		radonia	radoneita radoneja
inessive		radonissa	radoneissa
elative		radonista	radoneista
illative		radoniin	radoneihin
adessive		radonilla	radoneilla
ablative		radonilta	radoneilta
allative		radonille	radoneille
essive		radonina	radoneina
translative		radoniksi	radoneiksi
abessive		radonitta	radoneitta
instructive		—	radonein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of radon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative radonini radonini accusative nom. radonini radonini gen. radonini genitive radonini radonieni radoneideni radoneitteni partitive radoniani radoneitani radonejani inessive radonissani radoneissani elative radonistani radoneistani illative radoniini radoneihini adessive radonillani radoneillani ablative radoniltani radoneiltani allative radonilleni radoneilleni essive radoninani radoneinani translative radonikseni radoneikseni abessive radonittani radoneittani instructive — — comitative — radoneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative radonisi radonisi accusative nom. radonisi radonisi gen. radonisi genitive radonisi radoniesi radoneidesi radoneittesi partitive radoniasi radoneitasi radonejasi inessive radonissasi radoneissasi elative radonistasi radoneistasi illative radoniisi radoneihisi adessive radonillasi radoneillasi ablative radoniltasi radoneiltasi allative radonillesi radoneillesi essive radoninasi radoneinasi translative radoniksesi radoneiksesi abessive radonittasi radoneittasi instructive — — comitative — radoneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative radonimme radonimme accusative nom. radonimme radonimme gen. radonimme genitive radonimme radoniemme radoneidemme radoneittemme partitive radoniamme radoneitamme radonejamme inessive radonissamme radoneissamme elative radonistamme radoneistamme illative radoniimme radoneihimme adessive radonillamme radoneillamme ablative radoniltamme radoneiltamme allative radonillemme radoneillemme essive radoninamme radoneinamme translative radoniksemme radoneiksemme abessive radonittamme radoneittamme instructive — — comitative — radoneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative radoninne radoninne accusative nom. radoninne radoninne gen. radoninne genitive radoninne radonienne radoneidenne radoneittenne partitive radonianne radoneitanne radonejanne inessive radonissanne radoneissanne elative radonistanne radoneistanne illative radoniinne radoneihinne adessive radonillanne radoneillanne ablative radoniltanne radoneiltanne allative radonillenne radoneillenne essive radoninanne radoneinanne translative radoniksenne radoneiksenne abessive radonittanne radoneittanne instructive — — comitative — radoneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative radoninsa radoninsa accusative nom. radoninsa radoninsa gen. radoninsa genitive radoninsa radoniensa radoneidensa radoneittensa partitive radoniaan radoniansa radoneitaan radonejaan radoneitansa radonejansa inessive radonissaan radonissansa radoneissaan radoneissansa elative radonistaan radonistansa radoneistaan radoneistansa illative radoniinsa radoneihinsa adessive radonillaan radonillansa radoneillaan radoneillansa ablative radoniltaan radoniltansa radoneiltaan radoneiltansa allative radonilleen radonillensa radoneilleen radoneillensa essive radoninaan radoninansa radoneinaan radoneinansa translative radonikseen radoniksensa radoneikseen radoneiksensa abessive radonittaan radonittansa radoneittaan radoneittansa instructive — — comitative — radoneineen radoneinensa

See also

• raadon

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.dɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

radon m (uncountable)

1. radon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rando

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Galician

Noun

radon m (uncountable)

1. radon

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Italian

Chemical element
Rn
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Next: francio (Fr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.don/, [ˈräːd̪on], [ˈräːd̪ɔn]

Noun

radon m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) radon

Anagrams

• andrò
• nardo
• ronda

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Japanese

Romanization

radon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ラドン

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.don/, [ˈräd̪ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.don/, [ˈräːd̪on]

Noun

radon n (genitive radī); second declension

1. radon

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	radon	rada
Genitive	radī	radōrum
Dative	radō	radīs
Accusative	radon	rada
Ablative	radō	radīs
Vocative	radon	rada

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Malay

Chemical element
Rn
Previous: astatin (At)
Next: fransium (Fr)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English radon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [radɔn], [redɔn]
• Rhymes: -dɔn, -ɔn

Noun

radon

1. radon (chemical element)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.dɔn/

• audio:

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Noun

Chemical element
Rn
Previous: astat (At)
Next: frans (Fr)

radon m inan

1. radon (chemical element, Rn, atomic number 86)

Declension

Declension of radon

	singular
nominative	radon
genitive	radonu
dative	radonowi
accusative	radon
instrumental	radonem
locative	radonie
vocative	radonie

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

radon m (Cyrillic spelling радон)

1. radon

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Slovene

Chemical element
Rn
Previous: astát (At)
Next: fráncij (Fr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ráːdɔn/, /radóːn/

Noun

radọ̑n or radón m inan

1. radon

Inflection

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	rádon
genitive	rádona
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rádon
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rádona
dative (dajȃlnik)	rádonu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rádon
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rádonu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rádonom

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	radón
genitive	radóna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	radón
genitive (rodȋlnik)	radóna
dative (dajȃlnik)	radónu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	radón
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	radónu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	radónom

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈdoːn/

Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

Declension

Declension of radon
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	radon	radonet	—	—
Genitive	radons	radonets	—	—

Anagrams

• andor, donar, ordna, rodna