argon

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See also: Argon, argón, and árgon

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlorine (Cl)
Next: potassium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, idle, lazy), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: är'gŏn, IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

argon (countable and uncountable, plural argons)

  1. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon (uncountable)

  1. argon

Hypernyms

Cornish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: potassiom (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon.

Noun

argon m

  1. argon

Czech

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlor (Cl)
Next: draslík (K)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m inan

  1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Further reading

  • argon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • argon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

Noun

argon n (singular definite argonet, not used in plural form)

  1. argon

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.ɣɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable)

  1. argon

Descendants

  • Indonesian: argon

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: kloori (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

Noun

argon

  1. argon

Declension

Inflection of argon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative argon argonit
genitive argonin argonien
argoneiden
argoneitten
partitive argonia argoneita
argoneja
illative argoniin argoneihin
singular plural
nominative argon argonit
accusative nom. argon argonit
gen. argonin
genitive argonin argonien
argoneiden
argoneitten
partitive argonia argoneita
argoneja
inessive argonissa argoneissa
elative argonista argoneista
illative argoniin argoneihin
adessive argonilla argoneilla
ablative argonilta argoneilta
allative argonille argoneille
essive argonina argoneina
translative argoniksi argoneiksi
abessive argonitta argoneitta
instructive argonein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of argon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative argonini argonini
accusative nom. argonini argonini
gen. argonini
genitive argonini argonieni
argoneideni
argoneitteni
partitive argoniani argoneitani
argonejani
inessive argonissani argoneissani
elative argonistani argoneistani
illative argoniini argoneihini
adessive argonillani argoneillani
ablative argoniltani argoneiltani
allative argonilleni argoneilleni
essive argoninani argoneinani
translative argonikseni argoneikseni
abessive argonittani argoneittani
instructive
comitative argoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative argonisi argonisi
accusative nom. argonisi argonisi
gen. argonisi
genitive argonisi argoniesi
argoneidesi
argoneittesi
partitive argoniasi argoneitasi
argonejasi
inessive argonissasi argoneissasi
elative argonistasi argoneistasi
illative argoniisi argoneihisi
adessive argonillasi argoneillasi
ablative argoniltasi argoneiltasi
allative argonillesi argoneillesi
essive argoninasi argoneinasi
translative argoniksesi argoneiksesi
abessive argonittasi argoneittasi
instructive
comitative argoneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative argonimme argonimme
accusative nom. argonimme argonimme
gen. argonimme
genitive argonimme argoniemme
argoneidemme
argoneittemme
partitive argoniamme argoneitamme
argonejamme
inessive argonissamme argoneissamme
elative argonistamme argoneistamme
illative argoniimme argoneihimme
adessive argonillamme argoneillamme
ablative argoniltamme argoneiltamme
allative argonillemme argoneillemme
essive argoninamme argoneinamme
translative argoniksemme argoneiksemme
abessive argonittamme argoneittamme
instructive
comitative argoneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative argoninne argoninne
accusative nom. argoninne argoninne
gen. argoninne
genitive argoninne argonienne
argoneidenne
argoneittenne
partitive argonianne argoneitanne
argonejanne
inessive argonissanne argoneissanne
elative argonistanne argoneistanne
illative argoniinne argoneihinne
adessive argonillanne argoneillanne
ablative argoniltanne argoneiltanne
allative argonillenne argoneillenne
essive argoninanne argoneinanne
translative argoniksenne argoneiksenne
abessive argonittanne argoneittanne
instructive
comitative argoneinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

French

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlore (Cl)
Next: potassium (K)
French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

  1. argon

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: cloro (Cl)
Next: potasio (K)
Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈaɾɡoŋ/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈaɾħoŋ/

 

  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

  1. argon

Further reading

Hungarian

 argon on Hungarian Wikipedia
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klór (Cl)
Next: kálium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, idle, lazy), because of its inertness.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

argon (usually uncountable, plural argonok)

  1. argon (a chemical element, symbol: Ar)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative argon argonok
accusative argont argonokat
dative argonnak argonoknak
instrumental argonnal argonokkal
causal-final argonért argonokért
translative argonná argonokká
terminative argonig argonokig
essive-formal argonként argonokként
essive-modal
inessive argonban argonokban
superessive argonon argonokon
adessive argonnál argonoknál
illative argonba argonokba
sublative argonra argonokra
allative argonhoz argonokhoz
elative argonból argonokból
delative argonról argonokról
ablative argontól argonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
argoné argonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
argonéi argonokéi
Possessive forms of argon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. argonom argonjaim
2nd person sing. argonod argonjaid
3rd person sing. argonja argonjai
1st person plural argonunk argonjaink
2nd person plural argonotok argonjaitok
3rd person plural argonjuk argonjaik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • argon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klór (Cl)
Next: kalín (K)

Noun

argon n (genitive singular argons, no plural)

  1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

From Dutch argon, from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon (first-person possessive argonku, second-person possessive argonmu, third-person possessive argonnya)

  1. argon (chemical element)

Further reading

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: cloro (Cl)
Next: potassio (K)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), substantivized neuter form of ἀργός (argós, idle, lazy).

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) argon

Anagrams

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlorum (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ργόν (ārgón), the neuter substantive form of ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós, idle, lazy) because of the element's inertness.

Pronunciation

Noun

ārgon n (genitive ārgī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) argon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative ārgon ārga
genitive ārgī ārgōrum
dative ārgō ārgīs
accusative ārgon ārga
ablative ārgō ārgīs
vocative ārgon ārga

Synonyms

Limburgish

Limburgish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia li
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloear (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

Noun

argon n

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

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

From English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

Noun

argon (Jawi spelling ارݢون, plural argon-argon, informal 1st possessive argonku, 2nd possessive argonmu, 3rd possessive argonnya)

  1. argon (chemical element)

Maltese

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: kloru (Cl)
Next: potassju (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian argon.

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m

  1. (chemistry) argon

Manx

Manx Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gv
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: cloreen (Cl)
Next: potashum (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon.

Noun

argon m (genitive singular , plural )

  1. argon

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian argon.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈarːkon/

Noun

argon

  1. argon

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative argon
Genitive argona
Singular Plural
Nominative argon argonat
Accusative argona argoniid
Genitive argona argoniid
Illative argonii argoniidda
Locative argonis argoniin
Comitative argoniin argoniiguin
Essive argonin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person argonan argoneamẹ argoneamẹt
2nd person argonat argoneattẹ argoneattẹt
3rd person argonis argoneaskkạ argoneasẹt

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ar
Previous: clòr (Cl)

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

  1. argon

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlor (Cl)
Next: potas (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m inan

  1. (chemistry) argon

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • argon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • argon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: clor (Cl)
Next: potasiu, kaliu (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from French argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, idle, lazy), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈɡon/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable)

  1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

References

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: hlor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎrɡoːn/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

àrgōn m (Cyrillic spelling а̀рго̄н)

  1. argon

Declension

Slovene

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klór (Cl)
Next: kálij (K)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /áːrɡɔn/, /arɡóːn/

Noun

argọ̑n or argón m inan

  1. argon

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative árgon
genitive árgona
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
árgon
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
árgona
dative
(dajȃlnik)
árgonu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
árgon
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
árgonu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
árgonom
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative argón
genitive argóna
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
argón
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
argóna
dative
(dajȃlnik)
argónu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
argón
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
argónu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
argónom

Further reading

  • argon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

Noun

argon n

  1. argon

Declension

References

Anagrams

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: potasyum (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from French argon.

Pronunciation

Noun

argon (definite accusative argonu, plural argonlar)

  1. argon

Declension

Inflection
Nominative argon
Definite accusative argonu
Singular Plural
Nominative argon argonlar
Definite accusative argonu argonları
Dative argona argonlara
Locative argonda argonlarda
Ablative argondan argonlardan
Genitive argonun argonların

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy
Chemical element
Ar
Previous: clorin (Cl)
Next: potasiwm (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, idle, lazy).

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

  1. argon

Mutation

Mutated forms of argon
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
argon unchanged unchanged hargon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “argon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies