ruthenium

See also: Ruthenium and ruthénium

English

Chemical element
Ru
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Etymology

Ruthenia + -ium. Named by Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst Claus in 1844 in honour of Russia (using the Latin name Ruthenia).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro͞o-thē′-nē-əm, IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈθiːniəm/

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Noun

ruthenium (countable and uncountable, plural rutheniums)

2. A metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.

   Their latest catalyst includes some ruthenium.

3. (countable) An atom of this element.

   This reaction substitutes a ruthenium for an osmium.

Derived terms

• ammonium ruthenium chloride
• diruthenium
• organoruthenium
• radioruthenium
• ruthenate
• ruthenian
• rutheniate
• ruthenic
• ruthenio-
• ruthenious
• ruthenite
• ruthenium dioxide
• ruthenium oxide
• ruthenium red
• ruthenium tetroxide
• ruthenium trichloride

Related terms

• Ruthene
• Ruthenian
• Ruthenic
• ruthenocene

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: rutenium (af)
• Albanian: ruten
• Arabic: رُوثِينِيُوم m (rūṯīniyūm), رُوتِينِيُوم m (rūtīniyūm)
• Armenian: ռութենիում (hy) (ṙutʻenium)
• Asturian: ruteniu (ast) m
• Basque: rutenioa
• Belarusian: рутэ́ній m (ruténij)
• Breton: ruteniom
• Bulgarian: руте́ний m (ruténij)
• Catalan: ruteni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釕 / 钌 (zh) (liǎo)

• Cornish: ruthenyum
• Czech: ruthenium (cs) n
• Danish: ruthenium (da) n
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: ruthenium (nl) n
• Esperanto: rutenio (eo)
• Estonian: ruteenium (et)
• Faroese: rutenium n
• Finnish: rutenium (fi)
• French: ruthénium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: ruthenium

• Friulian: ruteni
• Galician: rutenio (gl) m
• Georgian: რუთენიუმი (ruteniumi)
• German: Ruthenium (de) n
• Greek: ρουθήνιο (el) n (routhínio)
• Hebrew: רותניום (he) (rutényum)
• Hindi: नक्षरातु (nakṣarātu)
• Hungarian: ruténium (hu)
• Icelandic: rúten
• Interlingua: ruthenium
• Irish: ruitéiniam (ga)
• Italian: rutenio (it) m
• Japanese: ルテニウム (ja) (ruteniumu)
• Kashubian: ruten
• Khmer: រុយតេញ៉ូម (ruyteeñoum)
• Korean: 루테늄 (ko) (rutenyum)
• Latvian: rutēnijs m
• Lithuanian: rutenis (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Ruthenium
• Macedonian: рутениум m (rutenium)
• Malay: rutenium
• Maltese: rutenju
• Manx: rutainium
• Mongolian: рутени (ruteni)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ruthenium n

  Nynorsk: ruthenium (nn) n

• Occitan: rutèni m
• Polish: ruten (pl) m
• Portuguese: ruténio (pt) m (Portugal), rutênio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: ruteniu (ro) n
• Russian: руте́ний (ru) m (ruténij)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruitèiniam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рутениjум m рутениј m

  Latin: rutenijum m, rutenij (sh) m

• Slovak: ruténium (sk) n
• Slovene: ruténij (sl) m
• Spanish: rutenio (es) m
• Swedish: rutenium (sv) n
• Tagalog: rutenyo
• Tajik: рутений (ruteniy)
• Tamil: ருதெனியம் (ruteṉiyam)
• Thai: รูทีเนียม (ruu-tii-nîiam)
• Turkish: rutenyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: руте́ній m (ruténij)
• Uzbek: ruteniy (uz), рутений (uz) (ruteniy)
• Vietnamese: ruteni
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: rwtheniwm (cy)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Ruthenium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “ruthenium”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrutɛːnɪjum]

Noun

ruthenium n

1. ruthenium

Declension

Declension of ruthenium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	ruthenium	ruthenia
genitive	ruthenia	ruthenií
dative	rutheniu	rutheniím
accusative	ruthenium	ruthenia
vocative	ruthenium	ruthenia
locative	rutheniu	rutheniích
instrumental	rutheniem	ruthenii

Danish

Chemical element
Ru
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Etymology

From Medieval Latin Ruthenia +‎ -ium.

Noun

ruthenium n (singular definite rutheniummet, not used in plural form)

1. ruthenium

   Coordinate term: platinmetal

Declension

Declension of ruthenium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ruthenium	rutheniummet
genitive	rutheniums	rutheniummets

References

• “ruthenium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
Ru
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Pronunciation

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Noun

ruthenium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. ruthenium

Latin

Chemical element
Ru
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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rʊˈtʰɛ.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ruˈtɛː.ni.um]

Noun

ruthenium n (genitive rutheniī); second declension

1. ruthenium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	ruthenium	ruthenia
genitive	rutheniī	rutheniōrum
dative	rutheniō	rutheniīs
accusative	ruthenium	ruthenia
ablative	rutheniō	rutheniīs
vocative	ruthenium	ruthenia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ryˈðeː˨ɲɔ˧m]

Noun

ruthenium n

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Ruthenia +‎ -ium.

Noun

ruthenium n (definite singular rutheniumet, uncountable)

1. ruthenium, chemical element, symbol Ru

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Ruthenia +‎ -ium.

Noun

ruthenium n (definite singular rutheniumet, uncountable)

1. ruthenium, chemical element, symbol Ru

References

• “ruthenium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.