rubidium

See also: Rubidium and rubídium

English

Chemical element
Rb
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Etymology

A New Latin word derived by German chemist R. W. Bunsen in 1861, from Latin rūbidus (“red”) because its spectrum has two red lines.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ro͞obĭd'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌɹuːˈbɪd.i.əm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

rubidium (usually uncountable, plural rubidiums)

1. The chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37. It is a soft, highly reactive alkali metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Rubidium sample

Derived terms

• dirubidium
• iodrubidium
• monorubidium
• organorubidium
• radiorubidium
• rubidide
• rubidium auride
• rubidium chloride
• rubidium hydroxide
• rubidium oxide
• rubidium-strontium

 

Related terms

• rubidic, rubidian

Translations

element with atomic number 37

• Afrikaans: rubidium (af)
• Albanian: rubid
• Arabic: رُوبِيدْيُوم‎ m (rubidyum)
• Armenian: ռուբիդիում (hy) (ṙubidium)
• Asturian: rubidiu (ast) m
• Basque: rubidioa
• Breton: rubidiom (br)
• Bulgarian: руби́дий m (rubídij)
• Catalan: rubidi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銣／铷 (zh) (rú)

• Cornish: rubydyum
• Czech: rubidium (cs)
• Danish: rubidium (da) n
• Dutch: rubidium (nl) n
• Esperanto: rubidio (eo)
• Estonian: rubiidium (et)
• Faroese: rubidium n
• Finnish: rubidium (fi)
• French: rubidium (fr) m
• Friulian: rubidi
• Galician: rubidio (gl)
• Georgian: რუბიდიუმი (rubidiumi)
• German: Rubidium (de) n
• Greek: ρουβίδιο (el) n (rouvídio)
• Hebrew: רובידיום‎ (he) (rubídyum)
• Hindi: दीपातु (dīpātu)
• Hungarian: rubídium (hu)
• Icelandic: rúbidín (is)
• Interlingua: rubidium
• Irish: rúbaidiam (ga)
• Italian: rubidio (it) m
• Japanese: ルビジウム (ja) (rubijiumu)
• Khmer: រុយប៊ីដ្យូម (ruybiidyoum)
• Korean: 루비듐 (ko) (rubidyum)
• Latin: rubidium (la)
• Latvian: rubīdijs (lv)
• Lithuanian: rubidis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Rubidium
• Macedonian: рубидиум n (rubidium)
• Malay: rubidium
• Maltese: rubidju
• Manx: rubiddjum
• Mongolian: рубиди (rubidi)
• Norwegian: rubidium (no)
• Occitan: rubidi m
• Polish: rubid (pl) m
• Portuguese: rubídio (pt) m
• Romanian: rubidiu (ro) n
• Russian: руби́дий (ru) m (rubídij)
• Scottish Gaelic: rubaidiam
• Serbo-Croatian: рубидиjум m, рубидиј

  Roman: rubidijum m, rubidij (sh)

• Slovak: rubídium (sk) m
• Slovene: rubídij (sl) m
• Spanish: rubidio (es) m
• Swedish: rubidium (sv) n
• Tagalog: rubidyo
• Tajik: рубидий (rubidiy)
• Tamil: அர்மிமம் (armimam)
• Thai: รูบิเดียม (ruu-bì-dîiam)
• Turkish: rubidyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: рубі́дій m (rubídij)
• Uzbek: rubidiy (uz), рубидий (uz) (rubidiy)
• Vietnamese: rubiđi
• Volapük: rubidin (vo)
• Welsh: rwbidiwm (cy)
• West Frisian: rubidium

References

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

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Rb
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Pronunciation

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Noun

rubidium (uncountable)

1. rubidium

Czech

Chemical element
Rb
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Next: stroncium (Sr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubiːdɪjum]
• Hyphenation: ru‧bi‧dium

Noun

rubidium n

1. rubidium

Declension

Declension of rubidium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	rubidium	rubidia
genitive	rubidia	rubidií
dative	rubidiu	rubidiím
accusative	rubidium	rubidia
vocative	rubidium	rubidia
locative	rubidiu	rubidiích
instrumental	rubidiem	rubidii

Danish

Noun

rubidium

1. rubidium

Dutch

Chemical element
Rb
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Next: strontium (Sr)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rubidium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌryˈbi.di.ʏm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ru‧bi‧di‧um

Noun

rubidium n (uncountable)

1. rubidium (chemical element) [from 1862]

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English rubidium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrubidium/, [ˈrubiˌdium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): ru‧bi‧di‧um

Noun

rubidium

1. rubidium

Declension

Inflection of rubidium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		rubidium	rubidiumit
genitive		rubidiumin	rubidiumien
partitive		rubidiumia	rubidiumeja
illative		rubidiumiin	rubidiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rubidium	rubidiumit
accusative	nom.	rubidium	rubidiumit
	gen.	rubidiumin
genitive		rubidiumin	rubidiumien
partitive		rubidiumia	rubidiumeja
inessive		rubidiumissa	rubidiumeissa
elative		rubidiumista	rubidiumeista
illative		rubidiumiin	rubidiumeihin
adessive		rubidiumilla	rubidiumeilla
ablative		rubidiumilta	rubidiumeilta
allative		rubidiumille	rubidiumeille
essive		rubidiumina	rubidiumeina
translative		rubidiumiksi	rubidiumeiksi
instructive		—	rubidiumein
abessive		rubidiumitta	rubidiumeitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rubidium (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rubidiumini rubidiumini accusative nom. rubidiumini rubidiumini gen. rubidiumini genitive rubidiumini rubidiumieni partitive rubidiumiani rubidiumejani inessive rubidiumissani rubidiumeissani elative rubidiumistani rubidiumeistani illative rubidiumiini rubidiumeihini adessive rubidiumillani rubidiumeillani ablative rubidiumiltani rubidiumeiltani allative rubidiumilleni rubidiumeilleni essive rubidiuminani rubidiumeinani translative rubidiumikseni rubidiumeikseni instructive — — abessive rubidiumittani rubidiumeittani comitative — rubidiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rubidiumisi rubidiumisi accusative nom. rubidiumisi rubidiumisi gen. rubidiumisi genitive rubidiumisi rubidiumiesi partitive rubidiumiasi rubidiumejasi inessive rubidiumissasi rubidiumeissasi elative rubidiumistasi rubidiumeistasi illative rubidiumiisi rubidiumeihisi adessive rubidiumillasi rubidiumeillasi ablative rubidiumiltasi rubidiumeiltasi allative rubidiumillesi rubidiumeillesi essive rubidiuminasi rubidiumeinasi translative rubidiumiksesi rubidiumeiksesi instructive — — abessive rubidiumittasi rubidiumeittasi comitative — rubidiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rubidiumimme rubidiumimme accusative nom. rubidiumimme rubidiumimme gen. rubidiumimme genitive rubidiumimme rubidiumiemme partitive rubidiumiamme rubidiumejamme inessive rubidiumissamme rubidiumeissamme elative rubidiumistamme rubidiumeistamme illative rubidiumiimme rubidiumeihimme adessive rubidiumillamme rubidiumeillamme ablative rubidiumiltamme rubidiumeiltamme allative rubidiumillemme rubidiumeillemme essive rubidiuminamme rubidiumeinamme translative rubidiumiksemme rubidiumeiksemme instructive — — abessive rubidiumittamme rubidiumeittamme comitative — rubidiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rubidiuminne rubidiuminne accusative nom. rubidiuminne rubidiuminne gen. rubidiuminne genitive rubidiuminne rubidiumienne partitive rubidiumianne rubidiumejanne inessive rubidiumissanne rubidiumeissanne elative rubidiumistanne rubidiumeistanne illative rubidiumiinne rubidiumeihinne adessive rubidiumillanne rubidiumeillanne ablative rubidiumiltanne rubidiumeiltanne allative rubidiumillenne rubidiumeillenne essive rubidiuminanne rubidiumeinanne translative rubidiumiksenne rubidiumeiksenne instructive — — abessive rubidiumittanne rubidiumeittanne comitative — rubidiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rubidiuminsa rubidiuminsa accusative nom. rubidiuminsa rubidiuminsa gen. rubidiuminsa genitive rubidiuminsa rubidiumiensa partitive rubidiumiaan rubidiumiansa rubidiumejaan rubidiumejansa inessive rubidiumissaan rubidiumissansa rubidiumeissaan rubidiumeissansa elative rubidiumistaan rubidiumistansa rubidiumeistaan rubidiumeistansa illative rubidiumiinsa rubidiumeihinsa adessive rubidiumillaan rubidiumillansa rubidiumeillaan rubidiumeillansa ablative rubidiumiltaan rubidiumiltansa rubidiumeiltaan rubidiumeiltansa allative rubidiumilleen rubidiumillensa rubidiumeilleen rubidiumeillensa essive rubidiuminaan rubidiuminansa rubidiumeinaan rubidiumeinansa translative rubidiumikseen rubidiumiksensa rubidiumeikseen rubidiumeiksensa instructive — — abessive rubidiumittaan rubidiumittansa rubidiumeittaan rubidiumeittansa comitative — rubidiumeineen rubidiumeinensa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.bi.djɔm/

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Noun

rubidium m (uncountable)

1. rubidium

Further reading

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

Latin

Chemical element
Rb
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Next: strontium (Sr)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ruːˈbi.di.um/, [ruːˈbɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbi.di.um/, [ruˈbiːd̪ium]

Noun

rūbidium n (genitive rūbidiī); second declension

1. rubidium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rūbidium	rūbidia
Genitive	rūbidiī	rūbidiōrum
Dative	rūbidiō	rūbidiīs
Accusative	rūbidium	rūbidia
Ablative	rūbidiō	rūbidiīs
Vocative	rūbidium	rūbidia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁyˈbi˦ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

rubidium n

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

Inflection

Declension of rubidium

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	rubidium	rubidia	rubidieke	rubidiekes
Genitive	rubidiums	rubidia	rubidiekes	rubidiekes
Locative	rubidieës	rubidieëser	rubidieëske	rubidieëskes
Dative¹	rubidiumme	—	rubidieke	—
Accusative¹	rubidium	—	rubidieke	—
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead.

Malay

Chemical element
Rb
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Etymology

From English rubidium, from New Latin rubidium, from Latin rūbidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rubidiom], [rubidiəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

rubidium

1. rubidium (element with atomic number 37)

Swedish

Chemical element
Rb
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Noun

rubidium n (uncountable)

1. rubidium

Declension

Declension of rubidium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rubidium	rubidiumet	—	—
Genitive	rubidiums	rubidiumets	—	—

Declension of rubidium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rubidium	rubidiet	—	—
Genitive	rubidiums	rubidiets	—	—