rhodium
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English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rh | |
| Previous: ruthenium (Ru) | |
| Next: palladium (Pd) | |
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/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -oʊdiəm
Noun
rhodium (usually uncountable, plural rhodiums)
- A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.
Noun
rhodium n (definite singular rhodiummet) (uncountable)
- 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
Audio: (file)
Noun
rhodium n (uncountable)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.
Pronunciation
Noun
rhodium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “rhodium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Rh | |
| Previous: ruthenium (Ru) | |
| Next: palladium (Pd) | |
Etymology
Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈro.di.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈro.di.um/,
Noun
rhodium n (genitive rhodiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rhodium | rhodia |
| genitive | rhodiī | rhodiōrum |
| dative | rhodiō | rhodiīs |
| accusative | rhodium | rhodia |
| ablative | rhodiō | rhodiīs |
| vocative | rhodium | rhodia |
Descendants
- → Danish: rhodium
- → Dutch: rhodium
- → English: rhodium
- → French: rhodium
- → German: Rhodium
- → Italian: rodio
- → Luxembourgish: Rhodium
- → Norwegian:
- → Spanish: rodio
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.
Noun
rhodium n (definite singular rhodiumet) (uncountable)
- 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)
- rhodium (as above)