strontium

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English

Chemical element
Sr
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Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: strŏn'tēəm, IPA(key): /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

strontium (usually uncountable, plural strontiums)

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  1. The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
Strontium sample

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Sr
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Pronunciation

Noun

strontium (uncountable)

  1. strontium

Danish

Noun

strontium n (singular definite strontiummet, not used in plural form)

  1. strontium

Dutch

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Chemical element
Sr
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Etymology

Borrowed from English strontium, named after Strontian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɔn.(t)si.ʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stron‧ti‧um

Noun

strontium n (uncountable)

  1. strontium (chemical element)

Finnish

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Etymology

From English strontium.

Pronunciation

Noun

strontium

  1. strontium

Declension

Inflection of strontium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative strontium strontiumit
genitive strontiumin strontiumien
partitive strontiumia strontiumeja
illative strontiumiin strontiumeihin
singular plural
nominative strontium strontiumit
accusative nom. strontium strontiumit
gen. strontiumin
genitive strontiumin strontiumien
partitive strontiumia strontiumeja
inessive strontiumissa strontiumeissa
elative strontiumista strontiumeista
illative strontiumiin strontiumeihin
adessive strontiumilla strontiumeilla
ablative strontiumilta strontiumeilta
allative strontiumille strontiumeille
essive strontiumina strontiumeina
translative strontiumiksi strontiumeiksi
abessive strontiumitta strontiumeitta
instructive strontiumein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of strontium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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French

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Pronunciation

Noun

strontium m (uncountable)

  1. strontium

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Latin

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Chemical element
Sr
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Pronunciation

Noun

strontium n (genitive strontiī); second declension

  1. strontium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative strontium strontia
genitive strontiī strontiōrum
dative strontiō strontiīs
accusative strontium strontia
ablative strontiō strontiīs
vocative strontium strontia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Noun

strontium n

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

Malay

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Chemical element
Sr
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Next: itrium (Y)

Etymology

From English strontium, from Scots Strontian.

Pronunciation

Noun

strontium

  1. strontium (chemical element)

Swedish

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Chemical element
Sr
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Next: yttrium (Y)

Pronunciation

Noun

strontium n

  1. strontium

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