platīns

See also: platins and Platins

Latvian

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately from Spanish platina (“little silver”), the diminutive form of plata (“silver”), because platinum was found as an apparent impurity with silver.

Pronunciation

Noun

Chemical element
Pt
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platīns m (1st declension)

  1. platinum (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 78.)
    platīna oksīds ― platinum oxide
    platīna stieple ― platinum wire

Declension

Declension of platīns (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative platīns —
genitive platīna —
dative platīnam —
accusative platīnu —
instrumental platīnu —
locative platīnā —
vocative platīn —
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