osmium
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Osmium crystals.
See also: Osmium
English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: rhenium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
osmium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiums)
- A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
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Pronunciation
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Noun
osmium (uncountable)
Danish
Noun
osmium n
References
- “osmium” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: renium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
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Noun
osmium n (uncountable)
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
osmium (genitive osmiumi, partitive osmiumi or osmiumit)
Declension
| Declension of osmium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osmium | osmiumid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | osmiumi | ||
| genitive | osmiumide | ||
| partitive | osmiumi | osmiume osmiumisid | |
| illative | osmiumi osmiumisse |
osmiumidesse osmiumesse | |
| inessive | osmiumis | osmiumides osmiumes | |
| elative | osmiumist | osmiumidest osmiumest | |
| allative | osmiumile | osmiumidele osmiumele | |
| adessive | osmiumil | osmiumidel osmiumel | |
| ablative | osmiumilt | osmiumidelt osmiumelt | |
| translative | osmiumiks | osmiumideks osmiumeks | |
| terminative | osmiumini | osmiumideni | |
| essive | osmiumina | osmiumidena | |
| abessive | osmiumita | osmiumideta | |
| comitative | osmiumiga | osmiumidega | |
| Declension of osmium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osmium | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | osmiumi | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | osmiumit | — | |
| illative | osmiumisse | — | |
| inessive | osmiumis | — | |
| elative | osmiumist | — | |
| allative | osmiumile | — | |
| adessive | osmiumil | — | |
| ablative | osmiumilt | — | |
| translative | osmiumiks | — | |
| terminative | osmiumini | — | |
| essive | osmiumina | — | |
| abessive | osmiumita | — | |
| comitative | osmiumiga | — | |
References
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English osmium), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
osmium
Declension
| Inflection of osmium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | osmium | osmiumit | |
| genitive | osmiumin | osmiumien | |
| partitive | osmiumia | osmiumeja | |
| illative | osmiumiin | osmiumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osmium | osmiumit | |
| accusative | nom. | osmium | osmiumit |
| gen. | osmiumin | ||
| genitive | osmiumin | osmiumien | |
| partitive | osmiumia | osmiumeja | |
| inessive | osmiumissa | osmiumeissa | |
| elative | osmiumista | osmiumeista | |
| illative | osmiumiin | osmiumeihin | |
| adessive | osmiumilla | osmiumeilla | |
| ablative | osmiumilta | osmiumeilta | |
| allative | osmiumille | osmiumeille | |
| essive | osmiumina | osmiumeina | |
| translative | osmiumiksi | osmiumeiksi | |
| abessive | osmiumitta | osmiumeitta | |
| instructive | — | osmiumein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “osmium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Pronunciation
Noun
osmium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “osmium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “stench, stink”), referring to the smell of its tetroxide.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈos.mi.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈos.mi.um/,
Noun
osmium n (genitive osmiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | osmium | osmia |
| Genitive | osmiī | osmiōrum |
| Dative | osmiō | osmiīs |
| Accusative | osmium | osmia |
| Ablative | osmiō | osmiīs |
| Vocative | osmium | osmia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
osmium n
- (uncountable) osmium
- A part of osmium
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: renium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Etymology
From English osmium, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
osmium
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) + -ium.
Noun
osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) + -ium.
Noun
osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)
References
- “osmium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: rénium (Re) | |
| Next: irídium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
osmium n (genitive singular osmia, declension pattern of mesto)
- osmium (element)
Declension
Declension of osmium
Further reading
- “osmium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: rhenium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
osmium n
Declension
| Declension of osmium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | osmium | osmiumet | — | — |
| Genitive | osmiums | osmiumets | — | — |
| Declension of osmium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | osmium | osmiet | — | — |
| Genitive | osmiums | osmiets | — | — |
| Declension of osmium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | osmium | osmium | — | — |
| Genitive | osmiums | osmiums | — | — |