polonium
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English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Po | |
| Previous: bismuth (Bi) | |
| Next: astatine (At) | |
Etymology
From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia (“Poland”), named after Marie Curie's homeland.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈləʊni.əm/
- (US) enPR: pəlōʹnēəm, IPA(key): /pəˈloʊni.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊniəm
Noun
polonium (usually uncountable, plural poloniums)
- A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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Further reading
Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Po | |
| Previous: bismut (Bi) | |
| Next: astaat (At) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
polonium (uncountable)
Hypernyms
Danish
Noun
polonium
- polonium
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Po | |
| Previous: bismut (Bi) | |
| Next: astaat (At) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
polonium n (uncountable)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English polonium), ultimately from New Latin polonium.
Pronunciation
Noun
polonium
Declension
| Inflection of polonium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | polonium | poloniumit | |
| genitive | poloniumin | poloniumien | |
| partitive | poloniumia | poloniumeja | |
| illative | poloniumiin | poloniumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polonium | poloniumit | |
| accusative | nom. | polonium | poloniumit |
| gen. | poloniumin | ||
| genitive | poloniumin | poloniumien | |
| partitive | poloniumia | poloniumeja | |
| inessive | poloniumissa | poloniumeissa | |
| elative | poloniumista | poloniumeista | |
| illative | poloniumiin | poloniumeihin | |
| adessive | poloniumilla | poloniumeilla | |
| ablative | poloniumilta | poloniumeilta | |
| allative | poloniumille | poloniumeille | |
| essive | poloniumina | poloniumeina | |
| translative | poloniumiksi | poloniumeiksi | |
| abessive | poloniumitta | poloniumeitta | |
| instructive | — | poloniumein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “polonium”, 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
polonium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “polonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Po | |
| Previous: bisemutum (Bi) | |
| Next: astatium (At) | |
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /poˈloː.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈlo.ni.um/,
Noun
polōnium n (genitive polōniī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | polōnium | polōnia |
| genitive | polōniī | polōniōrum |
| dative | polōniō | polōniīs |
| accusative | polōnium | polōnia |
| ablative | polōniō | polōniīs |
| vocative | polōnium | polōnia |
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Po | |
| Previous: timah wurung (Bi) | |
| Next: astatin (At) | |
Etymology
From English polonium, from Latin Polonia.
Pronunciation
Noun
polonium
- polonium (chemical element)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia.
Noun
polonium n (definite singular poloniumet, uncountable)
References
- “polonium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “polonium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia.
Noun
polonium n (definite singular poloniumet, uncountable)
References
- “polonium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Po | |
| Previous: vismut (Bi) | |
| Next: astat (At) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
polonium n (uncountable)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | polonium | poloniums |
| definite | poloniumet | poloniumets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | polonium | poloniums |
| definite | poloniet | poloniets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | polonium | poloniums |
| definite | polonium | poloniums | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |