strontium

See also: Strontium

English

Chemical element
Sr
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Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.

Pronunciation

• enPR: strŏn'tēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/, /ˈstrɒn.ʃi.əm/

• Audio (US); /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/:

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• Audio (General American); /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/:

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• Audio (General American); /ˈstrɒn.ʃi.əm/:

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Noun

strontium (usually uncountable, plural strontiums)

1. The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Strontium sample

Derived terms

• bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
• proto-strontium
• rubidium-strontium
• strontane
• strontian (adjective)
• strontic
• strontium-90
• strontium aluminate
• strontium chloride
• strontium chloride hexahydrate
• strontium hydroxide
• strontium nitrate
• strontium nitride
• strontium oxide
• strontium platinocyanide
• strontium ranelate
• strontium titanate
• strontium unit

Related terms

• BSCCO
• strontia
• strontian (noun)

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: strontium
• Albanian: stroncium ?
• Arabic: إِسْتُرُنْتِيُوم m (ʔisturuntiyūm)
• Armenian: ստրոնցիում (hy) (stroncʻium)
• Asturian: estronciu (ast) m
• Basque: estrontzioa
• Belarusian: стро́нцый m (stróncyj)
• Breton: strontiom m
• Bulgarian: стро́нций m (stróncij)
• Catalan: estronci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍶 / 锶 (zh) (sī)

• Cornish: strontiom m
• Czech: stroncium (cs) n
• Danish: strontium (da) n
• Dutch: strontium (nl) n
• Esperanto: stroncio (eo)
• Estonian: strontsium (et)
• Faroese: strontium n
• Finnish: strontium (fi)
• French: strontium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: strontium ?

• Friulian: stronzi ?
• Galician: estroncio (gl) m
• Georgian: სტრონციუმი (sṭronciumi)
• German: Strontium (de) n
• Greek: στρόντιο (el) n (stróntio)
• Hebrew: סְטְרוֹנְצְיוּם (he) m (strontsiyum)
• Hindi: शोणातु ? (śoṇātu)
• Hungarian: stroncium (hu)
• Icelandic: strontín (is) n
• Interlingua: strontium
• Irish: strointiam (ga) m
• Italian: stronzio (it) m
• Japanese: ストロンチウム (ja) (sutoronchiumu)
• Kashubian: starnt ?
• Kazakh: стронций (kk) (stronsii)
• Khmer: ស្ត្រុងចូម (strongcoum)
• Korean: 스트론튬 (ko) (seuteurontyum)
• Latvian: stroncijs (lv) m
• Limburgish: strontium (li) n
• Lithuanian: stroncis (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Strontium ?
• Macedonian: стронциум m (stroncium)
• Malay: strontium
• Maltese: stronzju m
• Manx: stroinçhum m, strontiu m
• Mongolian: стронци (stronci)
• Norwegian: strontium n
• Occitan: estronci m
• Persian: استرونسیم (estronsyom)
• Polish: stront (pl) m
• Portuguese: estrôncio (pt) m
• Romanian: stronțiu (ro) n
• Russian: стро́нций (ru) m (stróncij)
• Scottish Gaelic: strontium m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стро̑нцӣј m, стронциjум m

  Latin: strȏncīj (sh) m stroncijum m

• Slovak: stroncium (sk) n
• Slovene: stroncij (sl) m
• Spanish: estroncio (es) m
• Swedish: strontium (sv) n
• Tagalog: estronsiyo
• Tajik: стронсий (stronsiy)
• Tamil: சிதறியம் (citaṟiyam), ஸ்ட்ரோண்டியம் (sṭrōṇṭiyam)
• Thai: สทรอนเชียม (sathronchiam)
• Turkish: stronsiyum (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: استرونسیوم (ıstrōnsyūm)

• Ukrainian: стро́нцій (uk) m (stróncij)
• Uzbek: strontsiy

  Cyrillic: стронций (uz)

• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} stronti
• Welsh: strontiwm (cy) m

See also

• celestite

References

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

Anagrams

• trimounts

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Sr
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

strontium (uncountable)

1. strontium

Danish

Chemical element
Sr
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Next: yttrium (Y)

Etymology

From English Strontian +‎ -ium.

Noun

strontium n (singular definite strontiummet, not used in plural form)

1. strontium

Declension

Declension of strontium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	strontium	strontiummet
genitive	strontiums	strontiummets

References

• “strontium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
Sr
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Next: yttrium (Y)

Etymology

Borrowed from English strontium, named after Strontian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɔn.(t)si.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stron‧ti‧um

Noun

strontium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. strontium (chemical element) [from early 19th c.]

Finnish

Etymology

From English strontium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrontium/, [ˈs̠tro̞n̪t̪ium]
• Rhymes: -ontium
• Syllabification^(key): stron‧ti‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): stron‧ti‧um

Noun

strontium

1. strontium

Declension

Inflection of strontium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		strontium	strontiumit
genitive		strontiumin	strontiumien
partitive		strontiumia	strontiumeja
illative		strontiumiin	strontiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		strontium	strontiumit
accusative	nom.	strontium	strontiumit
	gen.	strontiumin
genitive		strontiumin	strontiumien
partitive		strontiumia	strontiumeja
inessive		strontiumissa	strontiumeissa
elative		strontiumista	strontiumeista
illative		strontiumiin	strontiumeihin
adessive		strontiumilla	strontiumeilla
ablative		strontiumilta	strontiumeilta
allative		strontiumille	strontiumeille
essive		strontiumina	strontiumeina
translative		strontiumiksi	strontiumeiksi
abessive		strontiumitta	strontiumeitta
instructive		—	strontiumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative strontiumini strontiumini accusative nom. strontiumini strontiumini gen. strontiumini genitive strontiumini strontiumieni partitive strontiumiani strontiumejani inessive strontiumissani strontiumeissani elative strontiumistani strontiumeistani illative strontiumiini strontiumeihini adessive strontiumillani strontiumeillani ablative strontiumiltani strontiumeiltani allative strontiumilleni strontiumeilleni essive strontiuminani strontiumeinani translative strontiumikseni strontiumeikseni abessive strontiumittani strontiumeittani instructive — — comitative — strontiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative strontiumisi strontiumisi accusative nom. strontiumisi strontiumisi gen. strontiumisi genitive strontiumisi strontiumiesi partitive strontiumiasi strontiumejasi inessive strontiumissasi strontiumeissasi elative strontiumistasi strontiumeistasi illative strontiumiisi strontiumeihisi adessive strontiumillasi strontiumeillasi ablative strontiumiltasi strontiumeiltasi allative strontiumillesi strontiumeillesi essive strontiuminasi strontiumeinasi translative strontiumiksesi strontiumeiksesi abessive strontiumittasi strontiumeittasi instructive — — comitative — strontiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative strontiumimme strontiumimme accusative nom. strontiumimme strontiumimme gen. strontiumimme genitive strontiumimme strontiumiemme partitive strontiumiamme strontiumejamme inessive strontiumissamme strontiumeissamme elative strontiumistamme strontiumeistamme illative strontiumiimme strontiumeihimme adessive strontiumillamme strontiumeillamme ablative strontiumiltamme strontiumeiltamme allative strontiumillemme strontiumeillemme essive strontiuminamme strontiumeinamme translative strontiumiksemme strontiumeiksemme abessive strontiumittamme strontiumeittamme instructive — — comitative — strontiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative strontiuminne strontiuminne accusative nom. strontiuminne strontiuminne gen. strontiuminne genitive strontiuminne strontiumienne partitive strontiumianne strontiumejanne inessive strontiumissanne strontiumeissanne elative strontiumistanne strontiumeistanne illative strontiumiinne strontiumeihinne adessive strontiumillanne strontiumeillanne ablative strontiumiltanne strontiumeiltanne allative strontiumillenne strontiumeillenne essive strontiuminanne strontiumeinanne translative strontiumiksenne strontiumeiksenne abessive strontiumittanne strontiumeittanne instructive — — comitative — strontiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative strontiuminsa strontiuminsa accusative nom. strontiuminsa strontiuminsa gen. strontiuminsa genitive strontiuminsa strontiumiensa partitive strontiumiaan strontiumiansa strontiumejaan strontiumejansa inessive strontiumissaan strontiumissansa strontiumeissaan strontiumeissansa elative strontiumistaan strontiumistansa strontiumeistaan strontiumeistansa illative strontiumiinsa strontiumeihinsa adessive strontiumillaan strontiumillansa strontiumeillaan strontiumeillansa ablative strontiumiltaan strontiumiltansa strontiumeiltaan strontiumeiltansa allative strontiumilleen strontiumillensa strontiumeilleen strontiumeillensa essive strontiuminaan strontiuminansa strontiumeinaan strontiumeinansa translative strontiumikseen strontiumiksensa strontiumeikseen strontiumeiksensa abessive strontiumittaan strontiumittansa strontiumeittaan strontiumeittansa instructive — — comitative — strontiumeineen strontiumeinensa

Further reading

• “strontium”, 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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁɔ̃.sjɔm/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

strontium m (uncountable)

1. strontium

Further reading

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

Latin

Chemical element
Sr
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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɔn.ti.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɔn.t͡si.um]

Noun

strontium n (genitive strontiī); second declension

1. strontium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	strontium	strontia
genitive	strontiī	strontiōrum
dative	strontiō	strontiīs
accusative	strontium	strontia
ablative	strontiō	strontiīs
vocative	strontium	strontia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstro˦nʃɔ˧m]

Noun

strontium n

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

Malay

Chemical element
Sr
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Next: itrium (Y)

Etymology

From English strontium, from Scots Strontian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strɔntiom], [strɔntiəm], [strɔnʃəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

strontium

1. strontium (chemical element)

Swedish

Chemical element
Sr
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Next: yttrium (Y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɔntsɪɵm/

• Audio:

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Noun

strontium n

1. strontium

Declension

Declension of strontium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	strontium	strontiums
	definite	strontiumet	strontiumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of strontium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	strontium	strontiums
	definite	strontiet	strontiets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of strontium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	strontium	strontiums
	definite	strontium	strontiums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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