iridium
English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platinum (Pt) | |
Iridium foil.
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭrĭd'ēəm, IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/
Audio (Southern England) (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.
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- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
- eka-iridium
- heterochromia iridium
- iridiate
- iridic
- iridio-
- iridious
- iridite
- iridium black
- iridium oxide
- iridium tetrachloride
- iridium trichloride
- iridium-pointed
- iridosmine
- osmiridium
- platiniridium
- platino-iridium
- platinum-iridium
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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Czech
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | |
| Previous: osmium (Os) | |
| Next: platina (Pt) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪriːdɪjum]
- Hyphenation: iri‧dium
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiridium/, [ˈiriˌdium]
- Rhymes: -ium
- Syllabification(key): i‧ri‧di‧um
Declension
| Inflection of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| instructive | — | iridiumein | ||
| abessive | iridiumitta | iridiumeitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ʁi.djɔm/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “iridium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| 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) IPA(key): /iːˈri.di.um/, [iːˈrɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈri.di.um/, [iˈriːd̪ium]
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪ˧ˈʁi˦ɖɔ˧m]
Inflection
Declension of iridium
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iridium | iridia | iridieke | iridiekes |
| Genitive | iridiums | iridia | iridiekes | iridiekes |
| Locative | iridieës | iridieëser | iridieëske | iridieëskes |
| Dative¹ | iridiumme | — | iridieke | — |
| Accusative¹ | iridium | — | iridieke | — |
| ¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. | ||||
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.
References
- “iridium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
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