rhodium

See also: Rhodium

English

Chemical element
Rh
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, rose), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rō'dēəm, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊdiəm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oʊdiəm

Noun

rhodium (usually uncountable, plural rhodiums)

  1. A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

  • rhodate
  • rhodium-gold
  • rhodium trichloride

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Noun

rhodium n (definite singular rhodiummet) (uncountable)

  1. rhodium (a metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with atomic number 45)

Dutch

Chemical element
Rh
Previous: ruthenium (Ru)
Next: palladium (Pd)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

rhodium n (uncountable)

  1. rhodium

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.djɔm/
  • (file)

Noun

rhodium m (uncountable)

  1. rhodium

Further reading

Latin

Chemical element
Rh
Previous: ruthenium (Ru)
Next: palladium (Pd)

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, rose).

Pronunciation

Noun

rhodium n (genitive rhodiī); second declension

  1. rhodium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhodium rhodia
Genitive rhodiī rhodiōrum
Dative rhodiō rhodiīs
Accusative rhodium rhodia
Ablative rhodiō rhodiīs
Vocative rhodium rhodia

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Noun

rhodium n (definite singular rhodiumet) (uncountable)

  1. rhodium (a metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with atomic number 45)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Noun

rhodium n (definite singular rhodiumet) (uncountable)

  1. rhodium (as above)
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