iridium
English
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| Ir | |
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| Next: platinum (Pt) | |
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭrĭd'ēəm, IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
iridium (countable and uncountable, plural iridiums)
- (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
- 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 75:
- Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
- diiridium
- eka-iridium
- heterochromia iridium
- iridarsenite
- iridate
- iridian
- iridiate
- iridic
- iridiferous
- iridio-
- iridious
- iridite
- iridium black
- iridium oxide
- iridium-pointed
- iridium tetrachloride
- iridium trichloride
- iridosmine
- organoiridium
- osmiridium
- platiniridium
- platino-iridium
- platinum-iridium
- radioiridium
- triiridium
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | |
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| Next: platinum (Pt) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
iridium (uncountable)
Czech
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platina (Pt) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪriːdɪjum]
- Hyphenation: iri‧dium
Noun
iridium n
Declension
Danish
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platin (Pt) | |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -ium.
Noun
iridium n (singular definite iridiummet, not used in plural form)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | iridium | iridiummet |
| genitive | iridiums | iridiummets |
References
- “iridium” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platina (Pt) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
iridium n (uncountable)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English iridium).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiridium/, [ˈiriˌdium]
- Rhymes: -ium
- Syllabification(key): i‧ri‧di‧um
- Hyphenation(key): iri‧di‧um
Noun
iridium
Declension
| Inflection of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | iridium | iridiumit | |
| genitive | iridiumin | iridiumien | |
| partitive | iridiumia | iridiumeja | |
| illative | iridiumiin | iridiumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | iridium | iridiumit | |
| accusative | nom. | iridium | iridiumit |
| gen. | iridiumin | ||
| genitive | iridiumin | iridiumien | |
| partitive | iridiumia | iridiumeja | |
| inessive | iridiumissa | iridiumeissa | |
| elative | iridiumista | iridiumeista | |
| illative | iridiumiin | iridiumeihin | |
| adessive | iridiumilla | iridiumeilla | |
| ablative | iridiumilta | iridiumeilta | |
| allative | iridiumille | iridiumeille | |
| essive | iridiumina | iridiumeina | |
| translative | iridiumiksi | iridiumeiksi | |
| abessive | iridiumitta | iridiumeitta | |
| instructive | — | iridiumein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “iridium”, 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 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ʁi.djɔm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
iridium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “iridium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platinum (Pt) | |
Etymology
New Latin iridium is from Classical Latin iris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”), because of the bright colour of many of the element's salts.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iːˈrɪ.di.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈriː.d̪i.um]
Noun
īridium n (genitive īridiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īridium | īridia |
| genitive | īridiī | īridiōrum |
| dative | īridiō | īridiīs |
| accusative | īridium | īridia |
| ablative | īridiō | īridiīs |
| vocative | īridium | īridia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪ˧ˈʁi˦ɖɔ˧m]
Noun
iridium n
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platinum (Pt) | |
Etymology
From English iridium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) -ium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iridiom], [iridiəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
iridium
- iridium (chemical element)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.
Noun
iridium n (definite singular iridiumet, uncountable)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.
Noun
iridium n (definite singular iridiumet, uncountable)
References
- “iridium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Noun
iridium n (uncountable)
- alternative form of iridiu
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platina (Pt) | |
Noun
iridium n
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | iridium | iridiums |
| definite | iridiumet | iridiumets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | iridium | iridiums |
| definite | iridiet | iridiets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | iridium | iridiums |
| definite | iridium | iridiums | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |